Erratic overlooking the Dell at East Park, showing more clearly now the roses have been pruned.
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Heathers seem to be a popular plant in the gardens I’m passing at the moment.
Every variation in colour from white to deep purple.
Sometimes both, planted close together.
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Hawthorn, reflected
Hawthorn bush at the edgeof the canal, with a snow-covered Dell Field behind.
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Black-headed gulls on an icy lake
Black-headed gull looking like it is standing on water. It’s on a section of the frozen West Park lake where water has spread over the ice.
Young and mature bird at the edge of the ice covering.
Group of five …
… and the largest group also seem to gather where the ice meets the open water.
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Icicles on a bay bush
Water dripping from an overflow onto a bay bush during January’s cold spell produced these icicles, some hanging diagonally.
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Buzzard on a snowy morning
One of the Smestow Valley buzzards perches in a tree by Dell Field when the snow was around last month. This was the clearest view I could get from the canal towpath.
The tree rising above the others bordering the field.
The panorama from where I was standing. The bird can just be made out as a dot on the skyline, half way between middle and right hand side.