David

The pond by the road at Northycote Farm a few days ago. A light coating of snow had fallen on the frozen surface.

Old bracket fungus growing at the base of a tree by the brook at Northycote Farm. Green algae are growing on the fungus itself.

A daffodil by the Penk at Perton yesterday – one of the first ones I’ve seen that have fully opened this spring.

Daffodils are having a long pause with flower buds not yet open because of the cold weather this year. This one was in a front garden after overnight rain.

The pool at Fowler’s Park earlier this week, when it was almost frozen over.

The area is surprisingly litter-free for such an urban space. There was one cola bottle floating in the pool in the upper picture, now erased digitally.

Desiccated ear fungus on a dead elder tree at Northycote Farm. A fortnight earlier the same fungus had just begun to dry up.