David

Red edge brittlestem mushrooms (probably) growing under the hedgerow all along the canal towpath, heading out to the countryside from Wightwick.

Seed heads from an old man’s beard plant, seen against the bright blue sky of a sunny winter morning.

Wrinkled club fungus, peeping above the moss of a lawn in front of a block of flats.

The heron asks why robins should always get the gig posing in front of holly berries. It says it wants a turn wishing everybody a Merry Christmas.

A change for Christmas. Not real wildlife, but a big collection of doorkockers, where lions are a popular subject.

There’s forty in this batch, so the odd duplicated design might have crept in, but not many. See if you can spot the few taken in Italy, France, Germany or Belgium.

The hydrant and the post are from nearer to home: Bridgnorth and Stafford respectively.

White saddle mushrooms by the footpath round the lake at Perton. The caps are contorted. Sometimes they look a bit like saddles, but these would make very uncomfortable ones.