Dunnock looking round carefully to check whether everything is safe before going to eat peanuts from a squirrel-proof holder.
Standing and fallen, fly agarics
Another visit to Bantock Park. By the beech hedge, a fly agaric mushroom, the cap not yet flattened. Another one earby, kicked over, showing the gills on the lower surface of the cap, and the stem with its ring half way down.
Parrot waxcaps, mossy lawn
A mossy front lawn on a quiet side street, with a sprinkling of parrot wax caps, tiny but brightly coloured mushrooms. Most of the green colour had been washed off by heavy rain. But enough was still left to be sure the fungi weren’t one of the other yellowish waxcap species.
7-Spot Ladybird on Bin Lid
Seven spot ladybird which had chosen to rest on the edge of the lid of a household waste dustbin.
Sunflower seed session
Goldfinch having an extended session eating sunflower kernels in a bird seed feeder.
Candle snuff on stump
Candle snuff fungus, looking a little like wicks from part-used candles, grow on dead wood.
These were on a felled trunk at Bantock Park, and a stump by the Railway Walk at Newbridge.