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Clump of common inkcap mushrooms growing on a tree-stump, iced on a frosty morning in the Albrighton and Donington Local Nature Reserve.

There was a goosander pair swimming in the Severn by the Bylet at Bridgnorth. Here is the female leading the way across the river, occasionally pausing to pay a little attention to her plumage.

Candlesnuff fungus growing deep in hollow of a tree stump by the Railway Walk at Newbridge.

heron which had been right down by the River Sow on Doxey Marsh, probably fishing. It spotted me before I noticed it, so it took off heading for less disturbed parts of the reserve.

Flower bud on the end of a horse chestnut twig. Before the bud opens, it will develop a sticky coating. Just below the bud is a prominent leaf scar, left where the stem of one of last year’s leaves was attached to the twig.

Female tufted duck on the smaller pool at Perton a few days ago. The only other ducks on the water were mallards.