It’s been a good autumn for mushrooms, and a good autumn for waxcaps, tiny, often brightly coloured mushrooms which can be spotted in lawns and other areas of short grass.
These are snowy waxcaps, which I noticed in various locations as I walked for exercise.
The crowds attracted (so far) to this winter’s offering of bird feeders is dominated by house sparrows queuing for the fat balls.
Bright red with white speckles when recently emerged, sometimes paler with speckles washed away after being rained on, once again these are fly agaric mushrooms from various locations.
Bantock Park magpie, very bold, was already rather near, and knew I was there. Yet kept coming closer as it probed the grass of one of the Pitch and Putt bunkers for things to eat.
A dozen or more brown balls scattered on one of the areas of short grass in West Park recently, some clustered tightly together. They were puffballs, possibly umber-brown puffballs.
Another visit to West Park. Once again, one of the semi-resident herons standing not far from the shore of boating lake island. Once again, it didn’t seem to be doing anything particularly. Perhaps it was sunbathing.