Wolves Wild

View with the long ridge of the Malvern Hills on the skyline. The well-wooded valley of the Avon and farmland outside Stratford form the nearer subjects.

Footprints of some sort of small mammal in the deep mud of a farm track.

Possibly from the back feet of a squirrel, possibly a weasel.

Pack of gulls circling above Wetland Pool, pausing occasionally to land on the water to find something to eat or perhaps take a drink.

Glistening ink-caps growing low on the trunk of a tree. These had probably emerged the previous night.

These, slightly higher on the trunk, were a couple of days older.

Moss growing on damp ground, tipped with frost on a cold morning.

Pair of mature willow trees growing at the edge of the River Stour at Clifford Chambers near Stratford on Avon.

Butterbur in flower in the middle of January. This one was in a bed of the plant in one of the gardens by the River Avon at Stratford.

Catkins on a hazel growing near the Smestow Valley Ranger Station recently.

Small foxglove plant, growing from the front wall of a garden at Newbridge, with the leaves covered in frost which was just beginning to melt in the warmth of the sun.

Viburnum in flower a couple of weeks ago. Some species of the shrubs are grown by gardeners because they flower at this time of year.

The waters surrounding riverside seats has been a staple of TV news pictures in recent weeks.

This was the Avon on the downstream edge of Stratford recently: All Saints church is peeping behind one of the trees.

Scarlet elf cups, previously pictured here. This time pictured on an early morning with frost edging the fallen leaves and parts of the fungi themselves.