Small group of shaggy parasol mushrooms growing at the roadside edge of Compton Park. They had been up for some time and had been nibbled and frayed at the edge of the caps.
Dangling cones, high on tree
Dangling clusters of cones, high on the conifer tree.
Butterfly Farm: Chinese quail
Yet more of the non-insect livestock at the Stratford on Avon Tropical Butterfly Farm: Chinese quail spent their time skulking in the vegetation and emerging briefly to get some of the grain which had been left out for them.
Winter fungi: tawny funnel caps
Common autumn fungi with a season which seems to be extending into a mild winter fungi: tawny funnel caps, a woodland species.
Look left (roadside wagtail)
Wagtail hunting for insects on a pavement, ignoring the roadside instruction to look left.
Tansy flowering, late December
Tansy flowering, bringing a touch of bright yellow to a meadow late in December.