Green shield bugs are the commonest of the shield bugs. Perhaps it’s the different routines of life in a pandemic, but I’ve seen many more than usual this year.
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Next year’s hazel catkins already
Summer’s just beginning to give way to autumn, but already the first growth of next year’s catkins are begining to grow on some hazel bushes. These will be pumping out their pollen come January.
Charcoal burner russulas, common autumn woodland mushrooms, growing in their hundreds in the Woodland Trust’s Himley Plantation.
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Seed-heads remaining, garden poppies
Drying remains of this year’s garden poppies. The “pepperpat” seed heads with the holes cirlcing the rim where the seeds will be blown out to be scattered as the stems bend in winds.
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Enjoying a damson
Red admiral butterfly spending some time enjoying feeding on a ripe damson which had fallen from the tree.
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Deceivers, Old Nursery wood
Deceivers, a mushroom which can take on a wide range of shapes and colours making them look a bit like other species. These were in the woodland by the Old nursery.
