Morpeth Riverside

The other day I had to go up to Morpeth so too the opportunity to check out the riverside usual there are one or two Goosanders  coming to bread which can give you the chance of some photos (but it's hard not to include the bread in the shot) but alas today non plenty of Mallards and BH  Gulls ,I walked along to Scotch Gill woods  still nothing on the river a couple of Jays making their usual racket before revealing themselves as they flew overhead  and apart from numerous Nuthatch calling and some Great & Blue Tits it was rather quiet and very dull .

 The stepping stones over the river

 The river looking rather tranquil although this section has flooded many times

looking back to the road bridge  this section a favoured haunt of Goosander

 I took this photo of the old gas light  but forgot to read the relevance of it

 I have taken  this before  two sections of Whalebone

 This Ash tree had a very large Burr on the trunk

 This evergreen no idea of what but it seems to be coming into flower, is it the species with the yellow flower spikes ?

 probably a garden escape

Some fruiting funghi coming through , look at the leaves on the verge of falling apart