Panoramic photo of a green field dropping slightly to the left, dry stone wall behind, with a line of sheep and one goose at the right hand end.

A goose doing a good job of herding sheep

Close-up photo from underneath of a sheathed woodtuft fungus. It shows the fine gills and thickish stipe with a ring at the base. Growing on a mossy log

Sheathed woodtuft #fungi

Close-up photo of a toad's face almost straight on, head/mouth/eyes. Golden eyed with jet black centres

#Toad

Photo looking down the Hare Burn. A steep sided valley, the burn descends from top left to bottom right. Moss covered boulders and banks on the right. On the left is bracken. Good strong low angled light accentuates everything

Early morning light in the Hare Burn

A bed of well soaked green moss with thin sporophytes emerging. On the end most capsules have a blob of rain water held in place by surface tension. The rain blobs are extremely clear and act as magnifiers

Water drops on sporophytes #moss

dark brown and earthy looking Enteridium lycoperdon slime mould growing on a tree stump. Most of the normally white shiny exterior has flaked off exposing a brown mass of spores.

Enteridium lycoperdon #slimemould

A smooth silvery brown Enteridium lycoperdon slime mould growing on a mossy tree stump

Enteridium lycoperdon #slimemould

A fine bunch of lichen growing on a branch. The central bunch is Evernia prunastri (oakmoss) - very fresh after rain/sleet/snow!

#lichen

A bedraggled dandelion flowerhead in grass

Dandelion #wildflowerhour

A stem of toothwort flowers. Whitish pink with yellow-tipped stamen emerging from some flowers

Toothwort #wildflowerhour

Close-up photo of two pinkish-white, slightly hairy toothwort flowers. A smooth stamen emerges

Toothwort #wildflowerhour

A view looking over a rooftop, surrounded by trees of a circular sun halo

Sun halo this afternoon

Close-up of a small group of wolf's milk slime mould. Pinkish colour, some have burst and aspherical blobs of bright orange liquid emanates

Wolf's milk #slimemould

log on the woodland floor covered in mosses

Mosses

Bright scarlet elf cup - kidney shaped growing on mossy log

Scarlet elf cup - still around but starting to break up #fungi

end of a twig rinsing towards top left of the photo with four flowers. Each flower dense, purple-pink

Elm tree flowers #wildflowers

Rounded, smooth-surfaced Enteridium lycoperdon growing on a alder tree

#slimemould Enteridium lycoperdon

what a great colour!

Side view of a toad sitting upright.

#Toad

Close-up photo of an irregular row of interlocking spheres of Wolf's milk slime mould Bright orange and fresh granular appearance to their surfaces. Growing on rotting wood

Wolf's milk #slimemould

Looking down on a fine granular heap of soil 3-4 cm across pushed up by something emerging

Side view of a fine granular heap of soil 3-4 cm across pushed up by something emerging.

Found some of these recently created mounds in the garden - not seen what caused them yet!

An old rotting fallen tree-trunk plays host to a large group of bright orange Wolf's milk. Some are interlocking others are separate. They appeared overnight!

#slimemould find in the garden this morning Wolf's milk.

View looking down on two light brown fungi - only the smooth caps visible. growing adjacent to a mossy rock

Another couple of fungi appearing in the garden #fungi

Close-up photo of a single resting ladybird

Ladybird

Two bright red scarlet elfcups. Now very thin walled. Surrounded by moss

Scarlet elf cup #fungi

Side view of two mating toads. They are in the sun, the photo is a close-up and shows great detail of their skin

Mating toads

Closeup photo of a pussy willow growing on the end of a branch. Red tinge at base.

Pussy willow

A closeup view of a toad head on

Toads about

A group of three fungi. Light brown caps, flecked stipe. Stipe bulbous at base

These #fungi have appeared in the garden

A newly surfaced toothwort - looking like interlocking scales, slight pinkish tinge

Toothwort #wildflowers