Catching some winter sun

Catching some winter sun

Heron on boating lake island, catching some winter sun. First standing on a popular perch on a fallen tree; a little later moving a little further from the shore to a more sheltered but still sunny spot.

Fat (pregnant?) squirrel

Fat (pregnant?) squirrel

One of the West Park squirrels nibbling at a peanut while sitting on the bough of a tree. Undisturbed that I Was directly below taking pictures. Loking very fat – or is it perhaps pregnant?

Last plums on the tree

Last plums on the tree

Plum tree by the Severn at Bridgnorth. These were the very last fruits still clinging to the tree after all the rest had been eaten or brought down by this autumn’s winds.

Lone goosander by far bank

Lone goosander by far bank

Lone goosander repeatedly diving without staying under long enough to be chasing fish, by th far bank of the Severn at Bridgnorth.

Lone goosander by far bank

Funnel-caps under conifers

Funnel-caps under conifers

Funnel-caps, possibly the accurately-named common funnel-caps, growing under conifers on a front lawn recently.

Funnel-caps under conifers