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Red chestnut flowers

Red chestnut flowers

Chestnut trees with red flowers are less common than those with the paler form. The row of trees behind the number 3 bus terminal at Castlecroft alternates the two types.

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Otter signs

Otter slide

Visible signs of the otters living by the River Penk at Pendeford: a slide they use to get into the water, and some spraint.

Spraint

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Fungus on a fallen tree

Fungus on a fallen tree

Fungus in Coppice Wood, possibly Stereum rameale. The tree it was growing on had fallen into a swampy area, so I couldn’t get very close to inspect it better.