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Magpie, snowy grass

Magpie, snowy grass

Magpie searching for food through snowy grass, seen through a dirty window.

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Scarlet elf cups: old site, new site

Scarlet elf cups: old site, new site

Scarlet elf cups growing on fallen wood by the Railway Walk. Most of these are from behind the former Tettenhall station, the first site where I noticed these fungi growing in Wolverhampton a decade or so back. A few are from a new site, nearer Meccano Bridge.

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West Park, winter mist, swans

West Park, winter mist, swans

A recent winter morning, with a heavy winter mist. Some of the swans on the West Park boating lake, gently feeding and preeding.

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Rose hip, close-up

Rose hip, close-up

Close-up view of one of the hips still left on a rose bush, a drop of rain water hanging from its tip.

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Bathing blackbird female

Bathing blackbird female

Female blackbird seemed to be enjoying herself as she cleaned herself in a makeshift bird bath.

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Winter fungi on a fallen log: sulfur tuft

Winter fungi on a fallen log: sulfur tuft

Sulfur tuft mushrooms growing on a fallen log by the Railway Walk. Now looking the worse for wear, after coming through several bouts of snow and frost. Here they are when they first emerged a month or so ago,

Winter fungi on a fallen log: sulfur tuft