George McCarthy / Persian squirrel {Sciurus anomalus} alert on tree branch, Greece.

George McCarthy / Grass snake {Natrix natrix} with Common toad {Bufo bufo} inflated in defense. UK

George McCarthy / Grass snake {Natrix natrix} threatening Common toad {Bufo bufo} puffed up in defence, UK

George McCarthy / Spur thighed tortoise portrait {Testudo graeca} Island of Lesbos, Greece

George McCarthy / Common frog {Rana temporaria} on heart-shaped lily pad, England, UK

George McCarthy / Hibernating dormouse {Muscardinus avellanarius} curled up asleep in nest, Sussex, UK

George McCarthy / Grey squirrel feeding on apple {Sciurus carolinensis} Sussex, UK.

George McCarthy / Bittern (Botaurus stellaris) standing in grass. Lesvos, Greece, Europe

George McCarthy / Canada geese family on water {Branta canadensis} Sussex UK

George McCarthy / Silver spotted skipper butterfly, Surrey, England

George McCarthy / Jelly rot fungus {Merulius tremellosus} Hampshire, UK

George McCarthy / Fried Chicken mushroom {Lyophyllum decastes} Hampshire, UK

George McCarthy / The Blushing Bracket fungus {Daedaleopsis confragosa} Sussex, UK

George McCarthy / The Blushing Bracket fungus {Daedaleopsis confragosa} Sussex, UK

George McCarthy / {Kretzschmaria / Ustulina deusta} fungus growing on tree trunk, Hampshire, UK

George McCarthy / Cow pat mushroom {Bolbitius vitellinus} growing on a cow pat, Sussex, UK

George McCarthy / Cow pat mushroom {Bolbitius vitellinus} growing on a cow pat, Sussex, UK

George McCarthy / Weeping widow toadstools {Lacrymaria velutina} UK

George McCarthy / Milk white polypore fungus {Tyromyces lacteus} UK

George McCarthy / Common earthball fungus {Scleroderma citrinum} UK

George McCarthy / Fungus {Podoscypha multizonata} Sussex, UK

George McCarthy / Fungus {Podoscypha multizonata} New Forest, Hampshire, UK

George McCarthy / Map lichen {Rhizocarpon geographicum} on stone, Galway, Ireland

George McCarthy / Black bulgar / Batchelor's buttons fungus {Bulgaria inquinans} growing on bark of tree, UK

George McCarthy / Fungus {Neobulgaria pura} UK

George McCarthy / Rooting shank fungus {Oudemansiella radicata} UK

George McCarthy / Tawny funnel cap fungus {captivelitocybe flaccida} UK

George McCarthy / Black milk drop mycena fungus {Mycena leucogala} UK

George McCarthy / Gregarious elf cap fungus {Mycena inclinata} UK

George McCarthy / Rooting shank fungus {Oudemansiella radicata} amongst moss, showing length of stalk, UK

George McCarthy / Plums and custard fungus {Tricholomopsis rutilans} UK

George McCarthy / Plums and custard fungus {Tricholomopsis rutilans} UK

George McCarthy / Meadow wax cap fungus {Hygrocybe pratensis} UK

George McCarthy / Hygrocybe fungus {Hygrocybe subglobispora} UK

George McCarthy / Scarlet hood fungus {Hygrocybe coccinea} UK

George McCarthy / Black helvella fungus {Helvella elastica} UK

George McCarthy / Smooth stalked helvella fungus {Helvella elastica} amongst beech leaf litter, UK

George McCarthy / False morel fungus {Gyromitra esculenta} UK

George McCarthy / False morel fungus {Gyromitra esculenta} UK

George McCarthy / Half free morel fungus {Mitrophora semilibera} UK

George McCarthy / Black morel fungus {Morchella elata} held in hand, UK

George McCarthy / Mosaic puffball fungus {Calvatia utriformis} in grassland, UK

George McCarthy / Bladder cup fungus {Peziza vesticulosa} UK

George McCarthy / Red dappled cortinarius fungus {Cortinarius bolaris} amongst leaf litter, UK

George McCarthy / The Antler fungus {captivealocera viscosa} UK

George McCarthy / Beef steak fungus {Fistulina hepatica} UK

George McCarthy / Bracket fungus {Ganoderma adspersum} growing on living oak tree, UK

George McCarthy / Velvet shank fungus {Flammulina velutipes} UK