Wolves Wild

Northycote Farm and Perton sheep grazing on frosty field in December.

Pied wagtail on the path between the bandstand and the lake at West Park, It was finding tiny insects to eat as it walked around the cast iron legs of one of the park benches.

Ear fungus growing on an elder by the Smestow Valley Railway Walk.

These pictures taken before the recent cold and snowy patch, but the fungi are still there. They are a species which shrug off being frozen solid and being thawed out again, and can be found at any time of year.

Mistlethrush eating white rowan berries during the recent snowy period. A corner of the roof of the West Park tearoom makes an appearance in the background.

Deceiver mushrooms covered in frost. Growing on wood-chip mulch, pictured on the chilly morning of Christmas Day.

Snow a few days ago, a fat ball feeder. House sparrows were the main customers, as they have been all this winter