Surely one of the stranger-looking varieties of hens.
Wild watercress, Berkswell
Young specimens of this bracket fungus are considered a delicacy, in Germany for example. In this first picture, the fungus is beginning to turn orange, having been around for a few days.
The paler yellow here was the shade when I first saw the fungus.
From the slime trails around it, it had already been attracting the attentions of one or more slugs.
I don’t eat wild fungi anyway, but the slugs were welcome to this one. The cherry tree which was its host was growing only a few feet from the ring road.
Frog in water
Various heathers
Ruined windmill
Zoned polypore
Distant view of Kinver church
Japanese acer leaves, Impression
The Japanese acers which are planted at various spots in West Park have now begun to put on their annual display of autumn colour. What is noticeable is the variation between the displays of the different trees. I don’t know whether this is because they are different species, or that different parts of the park have different micro-climates. These pictures were all taken within a few minutes of one another last week.