Odds & Sods 2022

BD, that sort of toadstool does make me think of fairies and elves - it also sent me off down a rabbit hole and I found a great site for id'ing 'shrooms etc
www.first-nature.com/.../~id-guide.php

I think yours keys out at Hygrocybe conica - Blackening waxcap

Thanks for that Cin J. You could well be right. There was only the one on the hills in the middle of nowhere, I will have to go and find it again now, see if it has turned black. As you say it is a great site for id'ing 'shrooms - I will save it for future use. There is another one here worth a look at

Cracking photos Bob and love the misty scene too; hope you shared your sarnies with Alan. lol

Lovely Pictures Bob Great one of the deer

Thanks Hazel, I'm very protective of my sarnies.... I'm sure Alan was well prepared. :)

Alan great sequence of events and super photos

Those are amazing photos of the deer Alan, particularly the stags. Unfortunately there are very few in my area, apart from a few Roe deer. Lovely to see them, thanks :-)

I saw this Crayfish in the Leeds & Liverpool canal today. There were two of them close to the bank. The photos are a little hazy as they were about six inches underwater and the water is a bit manky ;-)

I think they are red signal crayfish by the look of them