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Two of the spiderswebs on the bridge over the Severn at Bridgnorth, given additional emphasis by a coating of frost.

Deceivers are common small brown mushrooms which seem to prefer periods of cool weather. They are “deceptive” in the sense that they are very variable in colour.

These were in one of several patches of the fungus by the canal towpath near Wightwick.

CORRECTION: identified by Lukas Large as possibly scurfy twiglets

Abundant healthy lichen growing on the branch of a tree by the canal towpath near Castlecroft.

Two moorhens on the canal at Compton. The bird on the left has a beak which hasn’t yet turned red: it’s not yet an adult.

They use the fallen elder branch in the middle of the picture to step between the bank and the water. There is a patch of ear fungus growing on the branch.

The ripple beds of the Wren’s Nest Reserve, Dudley: rock laid down under a shallow sea millions of years ago.

A frosty December morning, with the rime thicker on the crests of the ripples.

The side view of the beds (hill on right of picture) shows many more layers of ripples still waiting to be exposed.

Earth star fungus under the hedge by the canal towpath near Castlecroft.

Probably a different species of earth star to the ones pictured in a post last week.