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Web on a gate

Web on a gate

Morning sunlight catching the threads of a spider’s web spun on an iron gate.

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Goose feathers

Goose feathers

Morning light emphasised the texture of the feathers, especially the neck feathers, of this Northycote Farm goose.

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Finchfield Brook, downstream

Finchfield Brook

One of Wolverhampton’s little hidden streams, Finchfield Brook rises on Finchfield Hill, and spends some of its course in underground culverts.

It emerges into view after crossing under the Smestow Valley Railway Walk before passing under the canal to join the Smestow Brook in the Wightwick area.

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Squelch

Squelch

A result of this winter’s rains, but what is it?

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Frost and ice, Wetland Pool

Frost and ice, Wetland Pool

Thick coating of frost on the leaves rising over the surface of the lightly-frozen Wetland Pool in Compton Park on one of the rare mornings with sub-zero temperatures this winter.

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Zoned bracket fungus

Zoned bracket fungus

Small and delicate looking bracket fungi with semi-circular ridges which looked like growth rings. The fungus was growing on a fallen bough.