These trees in and around the Smestow valley were pictured a few days before Christmas
The snow and the overcast sky have drained the images of almost all colour.
David
Birds on a bird table
Video of chaffinches, sparrows, robins and a blackbird getting seeds from a bird table in a Wolverhampton garden.
Birds need food and unfrozen water to get through big freezes like this winter.
Railway walk and meccano bridge
Railway walk seen from the path into the Barley Field, looking towards Meccano bridge.
Meccano bridge seen from the canal towpath.
Smestow valley kestrel
This kestrel landed on one of the conifers behind Compton lock to use it as a lookout spot just as I was walking past.
Because of the slippery conditions underfoot, I had only brought out a moderate telephoto lens.
Snowscape – Smestow valley
Railway embankment
Staffs and Worcs canal near Compton lock
These pictures feature the front and rear ends of the same moored narrowboat.
