At the opposite end of the same street where the mushrooms in yesterday’s post were, another are of vegetation with wood chip mulch. Two different types of fungi here, peeping out under the leaves.
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Retreating rat, frosty lawn, West Park
I think this rat was returning after having a drink from the water in the West Park lake. It was walking fairly slowly back to the cover of the shrubs, then it noticed me watching it, and put on a burst of speed.
A few minutes while shopping spent looking at the vegetation planted in the recently pedestrianised area in Wolverhampton city centre. Still lots of mushrooms growing on the wood chip mulch well after the autumn fungi flush had pretty much petered out elsewhere.
These, possibly common rustgills, were all growing on the same patch of mulch, in the bed at the less frequented end of the street.
A male blackbird searching under frosted leaves in one of the short grass areas of West Park, finding things to eat.
One of the small brooks which form tributaries of the Smestow. Within the boundaries of Wolverhampton, most of them flow mainly underground, hidden in culverts. This one makes a brief appearance by an open green space between Warstones Road and Pinfield Grove. Seen here as it’s just about to disappear again, at the back of Warstones Library.
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Brooding heron, West Park
Just one heron in West Park on the day these pictures were taken. It was once again standing on the willow which gets the best of the morning sun; standing so still it looked like it was deeply pondering some profound problem.