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Can you spot a tiny goldcrest hidden in the mass of mistletoe here? The bird was moving about rapidly in a hedge separating sections of the garden at New Place, Stratford on Avon.

Seed-heads on some of the teazles in the wetalnd area around the pool at Compton Park recently, when a heavy overnight frost had left them decorated by ice crystals.

Varigated leaves on a cultivated variety of spurge in the garden of New Place, Stratford on Avon, with additional decoration from the water left behind after heavy overnight rain.

Heron on a branch hanging over the Avon at Stratford, positioned to watch the water just below a weir for fish.

Clump of snowdrops, the flowers not quite open at the end of last month. The church out of focus in the background is Holy Trinity, Stratford. A lock and weir on the River Avon separate the flowers and foreground fron the church.

Pied wagtail, one of a pair with a territory around the canal basin at Stratford on Avon, striding around on paving stones ignoring the busy traffic in pedestrians a few yards away.