A little further uphill than the pike in the previous post, there is an equally attractive swan on the nest decorating the finger post.
Exotic mammals
This year’s Christmas special is one of a pair of wallabies spotted at an “animal adventure” near the start of the Stafford Road.
When photographed in mid-January, they seemed contented despite the harsh winter, if not as smug as the larger than life camel below.
Whenever I have been passing more recently, the kangaroos have continued to look contented.
The holly and the ivy
Woodland stream, Sutton Park
Gull on the boating lake rail
Fly agarics by Chapel Ash roundabout
White butterfly
Orangish mushroom
Three views of the same unidentified mushroom growing in woodland leaf litter.
CORRECTION: identified by Lukas Large as possibly false chanterelle
Spectacular rainbow
At the end of November it came on to rain just before sunset was due. The result was the biggest and most spectacular rainbow I have ever seen. These pictures do not do it justice. Apart from being large, and practically a complete semi-circle, at its peak it was a triple bow. Apart from the brightest main bow, the colours appeared in reversed order just inside the main bow, and more faintly a little distance further out.