Rain to the west, shortly after sunrise. The result, an early morning rainbow which was both brighter and bigger than normal.
West Park tufties back for the winter
West Park with its lake provides a winter haven for a few wildfowl living in the area. Each year a small flock, perhaps ten or a dozen, tufted ducks forms as the weather begins to get harder. They are now starting to gather.
Oak Mazegill (possibly), Himley Plantation
Mazegills, bracket fungi which grow on the trunks of trees. Their undersides look like a complex maze. That’s the gills where the spores are released. This may be an oak mazegill (Daedalea quercina), on a fallen trunk in Himley Plantation.
Blusher on a lawn
Growing on the front lawn in front of a block of flats, the blusher. A mushroom which turns pale pink when cut or bruised.
Careful crow
Carrion crow, trying to get some of the grain that someone had scattered for the ducks and geese at West Park, but also keeping a very careful watch on me as it stepped across the grass.
Colour washed away
The effects of frequent bouts of heavy rain on one originally brightly coloured mushroom species. These fly agarics first lost the white “warts” on their caps, washed away. Then the bright red of the caps began to be washed away as well, fading to dull shades of brown in the oldest specimens.