Bushy Park at sunrise

London's road rules worried me more than the early start. There were congestion charges and restricted zones to think about, and then the matter of finding the right corner of a park that covers 1,100 acres. None of it turned out to be a problem.

The alarm went at 5 and I was on the road by 5.30, driving into a beautiful sunrise. Arriving felt like entering a safari park. One deer was standing on the verge as I came in, and I almost drove past a second in the middle of the car park.

Oddly, I felt cheated. I had wanted to work for them. Then they disappeared, I had to go looking, and I was much happier.

The park kept giving all morning. I saw both red and fallow deer, and the heron, cormorants, parakeets and ducks were far tamer than I am used to, up to a point.

The fungi were the surprise. I came across one enormous mushroom while I still had the 200-800mm on for deer. I changed to the 100mm macro and found that the mushroom was too big for it.

So I turned the macro on a much smaller one instead.

That was the moment a deer ran past. With the macro on, I missed it.

The 200-800mm went back on, and I photographed the big mushroom at 200mm. Both were lit with a torch.

The people of Richmond are very lucky.