Signs that another of the mature trees in West Park will need to be felled in a few years: honey fungus growing at the base of the trunk.
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Honey fungus at base of tree, West Park
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Netted Crust, Byssomerulius corium
Yet one more fungus from the highly productive small area under a pair of beech trees. This netted crust was growing on a fallen branch, presumably from one of the beeches.
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Rat in short, damp grass, West Park
Rat searching short, damp grass in West Park for something to eat, finding quite a bit. It was in the most popular area where people put down peanuts for squirrels, likely getting lots of leavings. There was no sign it was disturbed by my presence.
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So much gold
It’s the twelfth day of Christmas, or twelfth night, or Epiphany (for those churches which use the Gregorian calendar). Traditionally, the day the three wise men reached Bethlehem.
The camel was outside a shop in Oberammergau. The elaborate gold chest is behind the high altar of Cologne cathedral, holding the supposed remains of the three wise men. It looks like there was a lot more gold used in its construction that in the original gift.
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Beech milkcap under beech tree
The small patch of grass under a pair of beech trees which produced several species of fungi this autumn showing one more. The beech milkcap is, as the name implies, a specialist in growing in association with beech trees.
The second of the West Park interacting herons (see previous two posts). The bird had already landed, settled, and started watching the other heron when it first came into view. It didn’t seem to move very much at all for the ten minutes or so that we carried on watching them.