Categories DavidWinter detail Post author By David Post date 23 December 2009 Frosted leaves, a sycamore key and a tiny web.But already the new year’s growth is peeping through.
Categories DavidAsh Post author By David Post date 22 December 2009 Bunches of keys holding last year’s fruit hang from the same branches of the ash tree which are already showing the buds of the new year’s growth.
Categories DavidMoorhen on ice Post author By David Post date 21 December 2009 Moorhen striding gingerly over the frozen boating lake in West Park.
Categories DavidFreezing lake Post author By David Post date 20 December 2009 Even a partial freezing of the West Park boating lake is causing a problem for these birds.
Categories DavidSquirrel Post author By David Post date 19 December 2009 The squirrels of West Park are so used to being fed that it is moot whether they are wild.
Categories DavidFly agaric again Post author By David Post date 18 December 2009 These are such spectacular mushrooms, so here are another couple of them.
Categories DavidSplit porecrust Post author By David Post date 17 December 2009 This fungus looks like a congealed foam on rotting wood, including, as here, on tree stumps.This closer view also shows tiny puffballs nearby.
Categories DavidCanada geese feeding Post author By David Post date 16 December 2009 This flock were systematically going over the patch of ground which was very soft after recent rainfall.
Categories DavidLilac bonnet Post author By David Post date 15 December 2009 This delicately coloured mushroom grows in leaf litter – here at the roadside by the Million, a Forestry Commission wood near Kinver.
Categories DavidTiny mushroom Post author By David Post date 14 December 2009 This tiny mushroom was growing from a tree trunk.