Clusters of small mushrooms with bonnet-shaped caps on thin, delicate-looking stems. There were several patches of these growing in the beds of the Castle Grounds, Bridgnorth.
White berries, rowan, Bridgnorth
White berries, insted of the more usual red, on a rowan tree in the garden area by Lavington’s Hole, at the base of the sandstone cliff at Bridgnorth.
Lone tree, misty autumn morning
Tree, half visible in the field next to the Pendeford Mill Nature Reserve on a misty morning. Another, even more ghostly, farther away.
Redlead roundheads on Severnside wood mulch, Bridgnorth
Redlead roundhead mushrooms, originally from Australia. In this coutry usually found growing, as here, on wood chip mulch. These were right by the side of the Severn at Bridgnorth.
Jay high in tree, Himley Plantation
This jay had been foraging on the ground in Himley Plantaion. It had just found something to eat, possibly an acorn, and flown up onto a high branch to have it undisturbed.
Wary squirrels, Himley Plantation
On my most recent visit to Himley Ppantation there seemed to be squirrels everywhere. These were two which paused as if to have their pictures taken, then retreated even though I was a long way off.