Category: David

Holly leaf on a cold morning: frost around the edges, and patches of ice towards the middle of the leaf.

River Severn when the waters were high enough that it was just beginning to spill over its banks. Views all looking down from Castle Walk on the edge of Bridgnorth’s High Town.

Mature ash tree by Compton Lock, felled because of heart rot, with a view of the fungus fruiting body inside the tree trunk.

Closer view of the bullrushes which can be seen growing on the pond in the previous post. The frost had left a cap of ice on the seed heads of the plants.

Compton Park pool, early in the first cold snap this winter. Most of the water was covered in a thin layer of ice, though there was a clear patch near the inlet to the pool. It all looked surprisingly rural in the early morning sunlight.

Couple of long tailed tits enthusiastically making a meal of fat balls in a garden bird feeder.