#sutton park

A great day out! I spent the whole day in Sutton Park, and got some amazing shots of the animals there. Figured out some new camera and editing techniques and pretty pleased with the results! 📸🐦

46115 Scots Guardsman on its return journey through Sutton Park por Graham Por Flickr: 1Z61 1635 Stratford-upon-Avon to Carnforth

Rooms of Crow Nest (Sutton Park) part 1

They’re the most beautiful little fairytale mushroom, and always gorgeous to spot. What a lot of people don’t realise at first is that the captivating ‘spots’ sported by the Amanita genus are remnants of the universal veil - the spherical sack that these fungi emerge from. They tear it as they grow, the cap widening to split it as it stretches open, leaving spots of the white substance clinging to the surface of the cap. These loose remnants are not securely attached, meaning the ‘spots’ can be washed off fairly easily by rain, as you can see most prominently in the antepenultimate photo, which I at first thought was a red Russula species, the spots of this specimen having been almost completely washed away, until I investigated beneath the cap to find a few scraps clinging to the edge (just visible) and a telltale ring around the stem. 

Starters of beef bar barbacoa stuffed yorkies with onion loaf, cheddar cheese and beef dripping sauce; baked cheddar mushrooms with toasted breads. 12oz ribeye steak with onion bread, chips, stilton and blue cheese lettuce wedge and a rich bordelaise sauce. Finished with a chocolate hazelnut bomb @millerandcarter Sutton Park, West Midlands, England

Crooked - Dave Fieldhouse