Velvet shank mushrooms grow on dead wood in the winter months. When they are wet after rain, they look like they are slimy.
Fleeing jackdaw, Finchfield
Finchfield jackdaw flying off to a safer spot after being disturbed by someone walking their dog.
Ear fungus, another return
Every time I go along the Railway Walk between Newbridge and Compton, the ear fungus growing up the trunk of an elder looks like it has a different texture.
Bubbles with bubbles
Ice on the then partially-frozen surface of the West Park lake. Bubbles of air below the ice, several inches across, seemed to have been spawning much smaller bubbles.
First snowdrops, Bantock Park, mud splattered
The first snowdrops I’ve spotted for 2021, splattered with mud thrown up by the heavy rains. Growing in Bantock Park; Bantock House can be seen, out of focus, in the background.
Rooftop vantage point
Keeping a careful look out: carrion crow on the edge of the roof of a block of flats opposite Bantock Park.