Wolves Wild

Leaf buds on one of the beech trees in the woods at Northycote.

This is, so far as I know, the only mistletoe growing in Wolverhampton. It’s in a side street off Finchfield hill.

Wintry view of a channel carrying excess water from the canal to the Smestow near Wightwick. This snowy scene was in late January.

The old tollhouse which used to collect the dues from boats leaving the Staffs & Worcs Canal to head north on the Shropshire Union at Autherley Junction.

Looking down the first stretch of the Shropshire Union from the bridge crossed by the other canal’s towpath.

The same heron which featured yesterday. When it moved to another vantage point it was partially backlit – the sun had actually come out that day.

Unidentified, elderly bracket fungus on a fallen tree. By turning the trunk slightly, it was possible to see both the lower and upper surfaces of the bracket.