Maple, shoot only a few inches high, growing by the riverside path at Bridgnorth. The few leaves were just beginning to turn from green, with patches of orange and smaller ones of yellow.
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Young goosander on the River Severn at Bridgnorth. It was swimming upstream, and had just entered the side stream by the Bylet when this series of pictures were taken. As it pushed against the powerful current, it frequently dived but did not seem to be catching anything.
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Fairies bonnet inkcaps on a mossy wall
Fairies bonnet inkcap mushrooms like these come in clusters, often more plentiful than here. Each one is approximately half an inch tall.
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Ripening medlar fruits
Medlar fruit, ripening on the ends of the branches of their tree.
Oyster fungus growing at the base of a rotting tree stump in West Park. They have been appearing in the same place for several years now, as the the stump gradually disintegrates.
Welcombe Hills Countrey Park, high ground just north of Stratford on Avon, gives views looking across the river valley to the beginning of the scarp slope of the Cotswolds to the south-west. The Cotswolds, misty on an autumn morning, form the distant horizon in these views.