Wildlife from Wolverhampton and nearby
Among the wild birds which head for the West Park lake to pass the lean days of winter, there’s usually a handful of shovellers.
Here’s one of them in the middle of the water, feeding using its beak to skim the surface. Two others doze in the lee of the island.
Coal tit clinging on to a branch while it checks out whether it is safe to make a quick foray to a bird seed feeder.
Three different species of lichen growing on the big erratic in West Park.
Perhaps looking out for signs that things are going to get better for 2021: black headed gull, West Park.
Miniature ecosystem on the top of a wall by a bus stop. Cushions of moss supporting tiny mushrooms: moss bells.
Elaborate floral capitals of the cast iron pillars at Great Malvern railway station (built 1860s), with one of stonework on a wall.
