Bright red fungus, possibly a cinnabar polypore on a moss and lichen covered bough. Too far out of reach on the other side of a ditch to inspect more closely. Similar fungi had been growing there twelve months previously.
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Gulls on a misty morning, West Park
Black headed gulls, with a few lesser black backed getting in on the act. Most resting on the rail along the shore of the West Park boating lake on a misty morning earlier this month.
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Winter flowers: rhododendron, West Park
First rhododendron flowers of the year beginning to open on one of the bushes in West Park.
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Gaggle of greylags, West Park
Greylag geese on the lake at West Park. A group of seven in the middle of the water seemed to be staring at two others which were nearer the island.
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Winter flowers: witch hazel, West Park
Winter flowers on a witch hazel bush in West Park, not very showy, but a pleasant perfume for January.
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Reclusive bluetit, i54
On a lower branch of this tree in the i54 industrial estate, someone had hung a bird feeder. The bluetit had already paid the feeder a visit, and was now pausing in the branches while deciding whether to go back again.
