Wolves Wild

Catkins hanging from twigs on a hazel tree when the snow was lying on the ground last month.

A male shoveller standing on the ice of the partly frozen West Park lake, preening

A female mallard standing nearby, also preening.

A different male shoveller and female mallard, also close by. All four birds can just about be distinguished in the wider view of the same scene posted yesterday.

Two versions of the view across the canal near Compton to Dell Field on a misty and frosty morning.

I couldn’t decide which version I preferred.

A partly-frozen West Park lake with snowy island, looking down from the bridge.

A magpie on the lookout, perched at the top of a tree. Below, the bare branches reveal its large and untidy nest.

Children were just beginning to come out with their sledges to slide down the fresh snow in Barley Field.