Category: David

Catkins and cones together, dangling from the same branch of an alder by the Penk at Perton.

Revisit to a group of collared earth stars growing in undergrowth along a path by the Penk at Perton revisited. In less than threw weeks, some of the spore-containing globular peridoles had visibly collapsed still further.

Male goldfinches coming to a garden feeder with niger seed. One of the birds spent a long time eating seed after seed – I cut more footage than I left in.

Pair of mistle thrushes with a territory between the bandstand and the boating lake in West Park. Here they were searching one of the lawns for worms to eat. They were less prone than usual to take flight when people passed, perhaps being in greater need of eating at the end of a spell of hard weather.

Just a few seconds of video, but it’s enough for this mistle thrush in Wolverhampton’s West Park to capture and eat two worms. I had lots of tries at showing this in a still photo, but always managed to take the picture just too soon or too late.

Pollen-tipped catkins on a pussy willow, another sign of the approaching spring to look out for from late February.