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Alder seeds and catkins

Alder seeds and catkins

This year’s seeds and next year’s catkins on the same lichen-covered branch.

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Dabchicks

Dabchick

Little grebes have returned to the Staffs and Worcs canal like they do every winter.

Dabchicks

Even in the hard period when most of the canal froze over, they managed to find enough open water to carry on fishing.

Dabchick

Dabchicks

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Frosty grasses

Frosted grass

Grass seed heads given a new form by a frosty coating.

Frosted grass

Frosted grass

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Coot

Coot

A coot sitting on the frozen lake.

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Frosty umbellifers

Umbellifer seedhead

With the last few seeds remaining on the plants.

Umbellifer seedhead

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Strange sheep

This mechanical sculpture by Andy Plant should be a better known sight in Wolverhampton city centre.

Every hour, just after the top of the hour, it performs the routine videoed here on the Art Gallery balcony overlooking Lichfield Street.