The old tollhouse which used to collect the dues from boats leaving the Staffs & Worcs Canal to head north on the Shropshire Union at Autherley Junction.
Looking down the first stretch of the Shropshire Union from the bridge crossed by the other canal’s towpath.
The same heron which featured yesterday. When it moved to another vantage point it was partially backlit – the sun had actually come out that day.
Unidentified, elderly bracket fungus on a fallen tree. By turning the trunk slightly, it was possible to see both the lower and upper surfaces of the bracket.
Heron fishing in the canal in the shadow of the Oxley prefab houses.
Its plumes dangle prominently as the breeding season appoaches.
Another cup-shaped fungus. This one takes its name from one of the places it is most often found.
Another of its preferred habitats is growing on sandbags. I noticed these over a garden wall.
I couldn’t get to touch these, but the species name and the common German name both describe them as waxy.
Ice which had taken on shapes rather like flower petals at a damp patch in Perton woods recently.
