Abbot's Wood

After the rain, a walk through the mud of Abbot's Wood. Heading from the Old Oak pub towards the Pearl-bordered Fritillary clearing I was delighted to encounter 3 Hawfinches.

The birds were very flighty and remained at some distance. Just look at that beak! Apparently they can crack cherry stones.

 A Long-tailed Tit.

Young Oak woodland with the tops of the trees in the setting sun.

The sunset from the Pearl-bordered fritillary clearing.

Found the the same clearing, this could be the rotting remains of a Collard Earthstar, Geastrum triplex, with the central structure destroyed It was about 15 in diameter.

This looks like the fruiting body of the same fungus before it opens