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Two herons standing in the middle of a field of winter wheat, midway between the canal and the Smestow Brook.

Lichen growing on top of lichen on a canalside tree trunk, all making a semi-regular pattern in yellow, green and grey.

Moorhen swimming along on a canal. First it was in a patch of water reflecting the bright sky, so the camera rendered the bird in silhouette. As it moved, the next picture gave a clearer view of its colours.

Polyanthus in a front garden, flowering in the unusually mild winter as if spring had already arrived.

At least four different species of fungi were growing on a fallen tree trunk by the track at Northycote Farm recently.

The most noticable from a distance were the yellow crowds of small stagshorn, a common jelly fungus. A species of small zoned bracket fungi have also found their way into one of the pictures.

Ear fungus, a common type of jelly fungus. Can be found at any time of year, but most often in the autumn and winter, almost always (as here) growing on elder.