Closer view of the heron which featured in the previous post. The neck looks too thin to support the head, let alone to swallow the kinds of prey the bird lives on.
Heron by river Avon
Spider and her prey
Spider, probably a cross spider, wrapping silk around an insect which had been caught in its web.
I noticed the spider at work while I was sitting having a quiet drink on the terrace of the Dirty Duck by the river in Stratford on a sunny afternoon recently.
It would suit me if all wildlife watching could take place in similar circumstances.
Acers, West Park, 2013
Small stagshorn fungus
Small stagshorn fungus, tiny and brightly coloured, grows in damp open ground. Yellow stagshorn looks similar but larger, and grows in woodland.
Holly berries
Puffball, emptied
Dogwood, Perton
Yellow stagshorn, Northycote
Fly on a wall
Giant hogweed (possibly)
Remains of a plant growing on the bank of the Penk at Perton. I couldn’t get close enough to examine it properly. But as it was at least ten feet tall it is a reasonable guess that it was a giant hogweed.
A few yards further down the path I saw a member of another invasive species, a mink. It disappeared back into the bushes much too quickly for me to get a picture.