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January 2012
A Turnstone foraging on a frozen pool
Black-headed Gull on frozen coastal pool
A Black-headed Gull hovers overhead
Common Gull
December 2011
An excursion to the coast provided some good photo opportunities:
Redshank
Turnstone
Common Gull, portrait.
A handsome young Herring Gull poses on a shingle bank.
November 2011
Late in the season - but better late than never!
Fly Agaric (Amanita muscaria) growing in woodland.
Bonnet Mycena
Lycoperdon perlatum 
Cap detail of Parasol Fungus with dew.
Surprisingly, there are still quite a few moths around. Here are a few:
Merveille du Jour (Marvel of the Day)
Green-brindled Crescent
Silver Y - an unlikely find in November.
The fungus season started late this year -
here is a selection found in local woodland.
Dog Stinkhorn
Shaggy Ink Cap (aka Lawyer's Wig)
Young Slimy Beech Caps (aka Porcelain Fungus)
Eyelash Fungus
October 2011
A mature Fallow Buck announces his presence at the start of the annual rut.
A buck attempts to round up an errant hind.
My recent trip to the Canadian Rockies was most enjoyable.
Here are a selection of images.
Early morning at Herbert Lake, Icefields Parkway, Banff National Park, Alberta.
Road side meadow, Icefields Parkway, Banff National Park, Alberta.
Sunrise at Patricia Lake, Jasper, Alberta.
Early morning, Pyramid Mountain, Jasper National Park, Alberta.
Storm clouds approach Pyramid Mountain, Jasper National Park.
The Angel Glacier and meltwater pool, Mount Edith Cavell,
Jasper National Park, Alberta.
Sunwapta Falls, Jasper National Park, Alberta.
North Saskatchewan River valley, Icefields Parkway, Banff National Park.
Sunset over Mount Rundle, from Vermillion Lakes, Banff.
Coyote in early morning light.
Moose, mother and calf.
A female Elk shakes herself dry after crossing the river.
A Mule Deer fawn grazing on Alpine Milk Vetch
Pika on the lookout.
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