Oyster fungus on the fine old vine of a mature wisteria. Oyster fungus are cultivated commercially, destined for the supermarket shelf and the kitchen. They are also a white rot fungus, a fatal parasite on trees and similar woody plants.
Clumps of snowdrops growing in the wooded area in front of the house in Bantock Park.
Pair of coots just starting building a nest near the edge of Anglers Pool, Perton, late in January. One bird was frequently pecking at the neck feathers of the other – reinforcing the pair bond?
Clumps of a particularly bushy moss and a lichen growing on a gnarly twig.
Heron on the island in the middle of the almost frozen boating lake, West Park, Wolverhampton.
Clump of cyclamen planted between the footpath and the Penk at Perton.