Common Marbled Carpet Moth

Common Marbled Carpet Moth

Moth seen from below. It came to shelter on the outside of a window pane during an evening with heavy showers.

Shades of brown, birch boletes

Shades of brown, birch boletes

Birch boletes. Quite large mushrooms, brown, always grow within a few yards of a birch tree. Under the cap, no sign of gills. Instead, a spongy surface with pores through which the spores are released.

Fly agarics, one more time

Fly agarics, one more time

It’s probably the last time I’ll retrun to this subject this year, but one more time with pictures of fly agarics. These were earlier this month, different spots in Bantock Park.

November flowering yarrow

November flowering yarrow

Yarrow still flowering earlier this month – a wildflower with a flowering season lasting from early summer into early winter.

Mass of old man’s beard

Mass of old man's beard

A mass of the feathery seeds developing on old man’s beard escaping over a garden fence, lit from behind by early morning sun. A native clematis, often found on hedges and fences.