This group of magpies were socialising together despite the hard weather just before Christmas.
David
Is this a maple?
The vivid colour of the leaves of this tree mark it out as non-native.
The tree was still brightening up its corner of West Park despite the frost and snow at the end of November.
Black-headed gulls on a snowy roof
This line of gulls was on the ridge of a snowy roof by the Staffs and Worcs canal at Castlecroft recently.
Birds on a seed feeder
Video of sparrows, blue tits and a robin all using a seed feeder.
Putting some food out regularly helps many garden birds survive hard spells like the present one.
West Park bandstand in the snow
Pictures taken at the end of last November,the second one a few days after the first when more snow had fallen.
They are such wintry pictures that they seemed right for today.
Happy new year!
Heron by the towpath
This heron was fishing on the towpath side of the Staffs and Worcs canal during the hard weather at the end of November.
Although it was only a few yards from Compton bridge, it did not appear to have been disturbed for some time.
The bird carried on fishing as I got to within perhaps ten yards of it taking pictures. Only when a large group of ducks came up to see if I had food for them did it depart, flying the shortest possible distance to continue its vigil on the other bank.
