David

One of the larches in the grounds of Bantock Park, covered in snow and ice over Christmas.

A pair of swans on the Wyrley and Essington canal preening yesterday.

Patterns formed after the coldest night of the hard spell.

Moorhen standing on the ice of a frozen section of the Staffs and Worcs canal.

This tiny fungus grows on rotting wood – often on tree stumps, as here. It is named for its supposed resemblance to the wick of a candle which has been snuffed out.

An experiment in black and white. Pictures taken by the (mostly) frozen Birmingham canal as it drops from the Black Country plateau towards Aldersley Junction. Above is the rubbish incineration plant.

Next is Broad Street basin from Broad Street. Below is the railway viaduct across the canal and Stafford Road.