Badger’s don’t hibernate. They may try to last out a few days of cold weather by staying in their warm underground setts. But signs that they have been on the hunt for food after snow can be found even in the depths of winter. Footprints showed that they had been active after the recent snow.
A narrow gap between two bushes forces badgers onto a fixed path as they commute between their sett and the open ground in search of food. The recent snow shows up this path as a well-trodden trail.
Common jellyspot is a fungus found on dead wood. These were growing on a section of tree trunk placed to discourage parking on the grass verge outside the Pendeford Mill Nature Reserve.