Wolves Wild

First frost of autumn, and the ice crystals formed preferentially along the veins of these nasturtium leaves.

Five buzzards rising on a late-morning thermal over Paget Road. Carrion crow, perhaps half the size of one of the buzzards, was persistently worrying the hindmost.

Last Week of October, and the first frost of autumn. This was the Barley Field before the bright sun burned off the frost.

Another revisit to Bridgnorth’s Castle Grounds after yet another week, heading straight for the wood mulch with magpie inkcaps growing. Once again there has been someone kicking over the mushrooms which were there the previous time. Once again a fresh set of these distinctive fungi have emerged to shed their spores.

Peaceful scene somewhere in the middle of Himley Plantation. Although it was mid-October, the leaves still on the trees still looked green.

Coral spot fungus, which infects deciduous trees. The fruiting bodies may be spotted at any time of year, but peak in the summer and autumn, sometimes on the dying branches of living plants; sometimes, as here, on a felled trunk. The colour changes with age. These, on a tree in Himley Plantation, were mainly a deep red.