Fly agaric a month ago, its colours faded by repeated rains,especially towards the edge of the cap.
Pictures of the same mushroom as it was just beginning to fade in an earlier post.
Mallard in an icy canal
A female mallard swimming in one of the patches of open water in a section of the Birmingham Canal which was freezing over in the cold spell in mid-December.
Brown mottlegill
Brown mottlegill mushrooms are small mushrooms, often found in troops on lawns and similar cut grassy areas in the autumn. The centre of the cap is frequently paler than towards the rim.
Yellow coral fungus, Wightwick manor
A fungus which looks like short stalks, less than an inch high, which lead nowhere. Often found in short grass such as mossy lawns.
These were growing near to one of the pools in Wightwick Manor garden.
On a frosty, misty morning
View along the canal from the towpath opposite the Wildside Acitivity Centre. The bridge in the background is the aqueduct carrying the Smestow across the canal.
Two views of Alderley Junction, where the Birmingham Canal comes down to meet the Staffs & Worcs.
Frosty fallen leaves, East Park
Frost-encrusted fallen leaves in East Park earlier this month.
Green Damsel Fly
This damsel fly seemed to be watching me as calmly as I was looking at it.
It was taking a rest on an alder leaf next to the river just outside les Eyzies
Adonis blue butterflies, females
Unlike the males, female adonis blue butterflies don’t immediately strike the eye as blue.
Like many creatures, the female colouring is one which is less likely to be noticed by predators. Look closely at the thorax – there is a bluish tinge.
(The thorax is the section of the body behind the head. It’s the bit that the wings and the legs are connected to.)
Mistletoe with ripening berries
A seasonal-flavoured subject. I was surprised to find a mistletoe plant growing within Wolverhampton’s city limits, by a side road off Finchfield Hill. It was probably planted deliberately.
The picture was taken about a month ago.
From the collection of the Musée National de Préhistoire
From the exhibited ice age carvings in the museum at les Eyzies, France, a bison with its characteristic humped back …
a cave bear looking like it is stalking prey …
and another bison.