Autumn Harvest

The woodland and hedgerows of Scotland are filled with delicious berries and wild mushrooms in the autumn. Going out to harvest them is one of my favourite autumnal activities. The smell of the moss underfoot and the pine needles is wonderful. I took this picture in 2021 after a day of foraging. The berries are crowberries (the small red round ones), bleaberries (blueberries) and raspberries and the mushrooms are Birch Boletus (delicious fried with butter). The flowers are wild violets. The empty egg carton made a handy makeshift container. ?

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