Fibbbersley is one of Walsall’s Local Nature Reserves. It is in Willenhall, near the border with Wolverhampton, and one of the many Black Country LNRs where nature has reclaimed a one-time site of mining, quarrying or industry.
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Elderly razor strop fungus
Razor strop fungus, also known as birch polypores, can last for up to a year, almost always on birch trees.
This one had been around for some time.
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More scarlet elf cups
A scarlet elf cup fungus growing on timber near the canal at Newbridge. The timber had been on the ground long enough to be supporting a healthy growth of moss.
These were growing on another pile of timber by the nearby Smestow Valley Ranger Station – pictures of others from this patch in a previous post here.
Today’s pictures were taken in mid-February.
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Still standing
A dead tree in the woods by the ruins at Northycote Farm, pictured on one of the few sunny days recently.
A bracket fungus growing on a willow tree in the small wood between Finchfield and Merry Hill, seen from below and from above.
CORRECTION: identified by Lukas Large as probably a blushing bracket
Greater spotted woodpecker, high in the tree, and with its back turned. That did mean it was showing off the bright red area of its “underpants”.