View looking up the towpath towards Wightwick Lock last month.
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Velvet shank on a dead tree
Velvet shanks are one of the most colourful of the common fungi which grow even in the depths of winter.
They are found on tree trunks: often, as here, on dead or dying trees.
The tree these supporting these was at the end of the platform of the old Tettenhall railway station – now the Smestow Valley Nature Reserve Ranger Station.
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Monolith, East Park
Erratic overlooking the Dell at East Park, showing more clearly now the roses have been pruned.
Heathers seem to be a popular plant in the gardens I’m passing at the moment.
Every variation in colour from white to deep purple.
Sometimes both, planted close together.
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Hawthorn, reflected
Hawthorn bush at the edgeof the canal, with a snow-covered Dell Field behind.
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Black-headed gulls on an icy lake
Black-headed gull looking like it is standing on water. It’s on a section of the frozen West Park lake where water has spread over the ice.
Young and mature bird at the edge of the ice covering.
Group of five …
… and the largest group also seem to gather where the ice meets the open water.