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Bright red contrasting with the predominant greens, the last of the holly berries on one of the bushes in Hawthorn Wood.

male house sparrow, not at all worried that I was close by and watching him, because he was secure in the middle of a hawthorn bush.

More bracket-type fungi, which tend to cope better with been frozen and thawed. These are possibly hairy curtain crust, growing from a stump on Northycote Farm.

The guide books say that candle snuff (also called stag’s horn) can be found all year round. But it becomes more noticeable during the winter months, when there are fewer leaves around to hide it. It grows on dead wood, including tree stumps.

Hawthorn Wood, between the Railway Walk and the canal. Given more atmosphere than usual by a bright winter sun shining through early morning mist.

Back in the middle of the month, the first snowdrops were just starting to flower under the trees in Bantock Park.