A touch of January colour in a front garden: the flower of some kind of fleabane or horseweed.
Coot nesting time, Perton
Folklore claims that birds pair up on St Valentine’s Day. For some species, the process actually starts before the end of the old year. This pair of coots were building a nest on the lower pool at Perton, at the end of January 2019
Rotund squirrels, West Park last year
From early January 2021, chubby squirrels in West Park. Some were probably pregnant, but others had been overfed with peanuts by visitors to the park, and were expectant that I was about to give them some as well.
West Park wagtails in winter
From early January last year, when some of the West Park wagtails were showing themselves while out searching for things to eat.
Early spring flowers
It’s getting almost time for the first flowers which signal the imminence of spring: snowdrops and crocuses. I’ve not yet been out to see if this year’s are opening yet. These were from Bantock Park in 2016
Wren on a muddy bank
The New Year period 2020 must have been drier than this one. There was quite a lot of mud exposed at Newbridge where the Smestow Brook was rather low. A wren was taking the opportunity to come down for a drink.