Categories DavidRailway walk and meccano bridge Post author By David Post date 20 January 2011 Railway walk seen from the path into the Barley Field, looking towards Meccano bridge.Meccano bridge seen from the canal towpath.
Categories DavidSmestow valley kestrel Post author By David Post date 19 January 2011 This kestrel landed on one of the conifers behind Compton lock to use it as a lookout spot just as I was walking past.Because of the slippery conditions underfoot, I had only brought out a moderate telephoto lens.
Categories DavidSnowscape – Smestow valley Post author By David Post date 19 January 2011 Railway embankment
Categories DavidStaffs and Worcs canal near Compton lock Post author By David Post date 18 January 2011 These pictures feature the front and rear ends of the same moored narrowboat.
Categories DavidRosebay willowherb weighed down by snow Post author By David Post date 17 January 2011 2 Comments on Rosebay willowherb weighed down by snow Growing right by the umbellifers pictured on the 14th.
Categories DavidSnow on ivy berries Post author By David Post date 17 January 2011 During the snowy spell, the ivy berries I saw were either covered only by a small cap of snow, as here, or completely hidden in a blanket of white.
Categories DavidCompton lock: snowy scene Post author By David Post date 16 January 2011 The lock icing up just before Christmas.
Categories DavidSnowy crab apples Post author By David Post date 16 January 2011 From the tree by Compton lock.Fruits on the same tree were pictured sprinkled with frost in an earlier post.
Categories DavidSnow-covered sloes Post author By David Post date 15 January 2011 Another episode in what has turned out to be a series recording the changing appearance this year of berries on the sloe bushes between the Railway Walk and Barley Field in the Smestow Valley Nature Conservation area.
Categories DavidMore snow covered umbellifers–series Post author By David Post date 14 January 2011 These pictures were all taken in the field just behind Compton Lock a couple of days before Christmas.