Swan family: adult pair and one well-grown cygnet, heading away along the canal. They weren’t fleeing me, but a narrowboat leaving the Newbridge mooring.
Red slug, Compton Rough
Arion-species slug by the footpath across Compton Rough, red apart from the head which was black.
Weeping polypore, Himley Plantation
Weeping polypore, a bracket fungus which exudes a fluid from pores in its surface. This one, seen from above, below and the side, was on a fallen tree trunk in Himley Plantation.
Autumn colours: fallen maple leaf
Autumn colours: the dark red of a fallen maple leaf in Wightwick Manor garden.
Common darters in flight, Wightwick Manor pond
Two male common darter dragonflies, each in flight partolling their territory on Wightwick Manor pond.
Reflection, autumn: liquidambar
Reflection of a liquidambar tree, its leaves turning to autumn colours, seen in the still water of Wightwick Manor pond.