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Spot the bird species from the footprints left in the first snow of the winter. Pictured are those from a pigeon, a canada goose and a coot.

The water bird prints were on the snow lying on the ice on the lake at West Park; the pigeon prints on the lake bank.

The fruits of the hawthorn are edible, should anyone wish to go to the trouble of making a jam, jelly or homemade wine out of them.

One of several related species of mushroom whose caps take a form similar to a funnel.

This mushroom is growing on a tree stump by the Bridgnorth Road.

The black flecks must be splashed up by the passing traffic.

These berries, on the same bushes as the posts earlier this autumn, are now making their final colour change to black.

Described as in the title in recent field guides, but as Jew’s ear fungus until recently. This itself was from an original name as Judas’ ear fungus.

The name derives from the slight resemblance to a human ear, and its habit of growing on elder trees. According to folklore, the elder was used by Judas when he hung himself.