Thin ice, pensive gull

Thin ice, pensive gull

Black-headed gull on the thin ice covering of the boating lake at West Park, turning its head to look around.

Thin ice, pensive gull

Too many squirrels

Too many squirrels

The squirrel up the tree is at the side of the Railway Walk; the others from around West Park. I’m not sure whether some of these West Park squirrels are obese from being fed too many peanuts, or pregnant

Goose-stepping, slippery surface

Goose-stepping, slippery surface

Canada geese on the ice of the then partially frozen surface of the West Park lake recently, goose stepping carefully and scanning for food.

Rethawed: wrinkled club fungi

Rethawed: wrinkled club fungi

More fungi which have thawed, showing no effects, after the recent cold spell. These tiny wrinkled clubs were growing in the short grass under a hornbeam on a quiet residential street.

Two blackbirds, Newbridge

Female blackbird, Newbridge

Female blackbird on a fence. Male (possibly the other one’s mate) searching among the fallen leaves for insects to eat.

Web with frosting

Web with frosting

Spiders web standing out when it was heavily covered in frost crystals during the recent cold spell.

Web with frosting