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Flock of greylag geese in a winter field

Flock of greylag geese round an oak tree

There were probably about 100 geese altogether in this flock feeding round an oak tree in a cornfield near Berkswell.

They are part of a flock descended from feral birds which now live a few miles away at the Marsh Lane reserve near Hampton in Arden.

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Frost-covered foxglove leaves

Frost-covered foxglove leaves

The leaves of a foxglove and other hedgerow plants with a heavy coating of frost in the cold spell earlier this month.

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Garrya and hazel catkins

Garrya elliptica catkins

Male flowers from a Garrya ellpitica bush and a hazel (last picture).

Garrya elliptica catkins

Hazel catkins

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Chillington Wharf in winter

Chillington Wharf in winter

The disused canal wharf near Horseley Fields looks particularly desolate at this time of year.

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Frosty umbellifers

Frosty umbellifer

Umbellifers covered in frost near Compton lock during the icy spell earlier this month.

Frosty umbellifer

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Gorse bush by a canal

Gorse bush by a canal

This gorse bush, growing on the far bank of the Birmingham canal yards from Horseley Fields, was flowering even in the middle of winter.