More fungi which have thawed, showing no effects, after the recent cold spell. These tiny wrinkled clubs were growing in the short grass under a hornbeam on a quiet residential street.
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Two blackbirds, Newbridge
Female blackbird on a fence. Male (possibly the other one’s mate) searching among the fallen leaves for insects to eat.
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Web with frosting
Spiders web standing out when it was heavily covered in frost crystals during the recent cold spell.
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West Park wagtails
A pied wagtail searches for insects when there was snow on the ground. A few days earlier, and on the other side of the park, another one spends a while scrutinising a footpath for similar prey.
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Rethawed: candlesnuff fungus
Candlesnuff fungus growing on a tree stump by the Railway Walk at Newbridge, showing no signs of harm after being frozen in the recent cold spell.
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On thin ice
A thaw during the recent cold spell. The ice half-covering the West Park lake began to thin and melt (it was later to thicken and spread again). Black-headed gulls claiming the retreating surface as they place they should gather.