David

Snow on the ground, the lake at West Park partially covered in ice. A cold but sunny morning. High in a tree on the island, a heron catches the rays.

Winter seems to be hanging on for so long this year. Despite the dreary weather, there are signs spring is on the way. Yellow flowers are starting to appear, here some gorse opening.

Peeping warily from the protective leaves of a holly bush, a male blackbird.

There seem to have been quite a few misty mornings this winter. Here, pictures from another one where I got to West Park before there were many people about.

Magpie searching for food through snowy grass, seen through a dirty window.

Scarlet elf cups growing on fallen wood by the Railway Walk. Most of these are from behind the former Tettenhall station, the first site where I noticed these fungi growing in Wolverhampton a decade or so back. A few are from a new site, nearer Meccano Bridge.