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Garrya and hazel catkins

Garrya elliptica catkins

Male flowers from a Garrya ellpitica bush and a hazel (last picture).

Garrya elliptica catkins

Hazel catkins

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Chillington Wharf in winter

Chillington Wharf in winter

The disused canal wharf near Horseley Fields looks particularly desolate at this time of year.

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Frosty umbellifers

Frosty umbellifer

Umbellifers covered in frost near Compton lock during the icy spell earlier this month.

Frosty umbellifer

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Gorse bush by a canal

Gorse bush by a canal

This gorse bush, growing on the far bank of the Birmingham canal yards from Horseley Fields, was flowering even in the middle of winter.

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Wintry canal scene 3

Wintry canal scene

Directly above Compton lock, the mist was rising from the canal so strongly it looked like steam condensing over boiling water.

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Wintry canal scene 2

Wintry canal scene

Taken from the same position as the picture in the previous post, but turning to look in the direction of Meccano bridge.