Only three days separated the unripe berries previously posted
from the ones pictured here.
Despite the less than glorious weather the berries had reddened considerably.
A web connecting the holly leaves is holding drops of the recent rain.
Only three days separated the unripe berries previously posted
from the ones pictured here.
Despite the less than glorious weather the berries had reddened considerably.
A web connecting the holly leaves is holding drops of the recent rain.
Buglosses are a group of flowers related to borage. The plant itself is sturdy, with stiff “hairs” to discourage animals from eating it.
The pale blue flowers seem disproportionately small (at least to me) for such a tall plant.
It’s quite common near to canal towpaths locally, and flowers for most of the summer and autumn.
This one, by the lower end of the Birmingham Canal, still had lots of flowers earlier this month.
A line of close-planted leylandii create a near-sterile zone around their base, in part because the debris they shed acts as an effective growth-inhibiting mulch.
The mushrooms poking through this debris here are an agaric species, as indicated by the ring on the one in the picture above, which had been disturbed to show at least part of the stem.
Pictures showing the range of colours the leaves of Japanese acers can take in the autumn.
All of the trees shown here are beside paths connecting the south and west gates of West Park, passing via the front of the tearooms – a walk of a couple of hundred yards.
All the pictures were taken yesterday or the day before. Hurry to catch views like these before the wind brings all the leaves down.
Can you spot the squirrel which was watching me from under one of the trees?