Two of the four ducks on the duck pond at Boscobel House recently had a rich dark green plumage.
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Blue tits and coal tits on a seed feeder
Video of the birds feeding on seeds on a sunny day in mid-January.
Canal side arm and derelict crane
This side arm comes off the Birmingham canal just by Bilston Road.
Collared dove footprints in the snow
Smaller, but otherwise similar to pigeon footprints. Wood pigeon prints are larger again. The prints are most reliably distinguished by seeing which bird actually made them!
Lichen
These lichen were growing on the same bough of a small oak tree by the pond at Boscobel House recently.
First velvet shank fungus of the year
Velvet shanks are one of the few winter fungi. The fruiting bodies can survive freezing and then still product spores.
This clump was growing on a stump, the normal habitat for this mushroom.