autumn

...we know what's coming even though it is still very warm and humid. Mum was 420 years old today, but she is still full of the joys of Spring. 

more fungi

these fungi look like fried eggs but are best not eaten by dogs. 

brotherly love

.... on a happier note, I suppose sisters aren't so bad. 

road rage

Killed by contingency, run over today on this quietest of quiet country lanes, by someone on the school run or going to the hairdressers, or the golf club, or the pub. Tail degloved. It is ironic that you have banned hunting and yet continue to mow down tens of thousands of small mammals and birds on the roads. Vermin, of course. Like badgers. Wipe them all out and return the country side to cattle and maize as it should be, in acres of grass desert. And keep the speed limits at 60 mph.

more mysterious fungi

why is it so difficult to identify these organisms? Found in mixed deciduous and conifer woods by side of path, probably growing on dead wood.

cornish vultures

young buzzard enjoying the uplift on the edge of the valley in the strong southerly wind.