Primroses flowering in January: these were in the churchyard at Albrighton.
Making a splash (swan)
Swan swimming low, splashing the water all over its feathers in preparation for having a good clean.
Leafy lichen, i54
Leafy lichen lit by a low winter sun. It was growing along the top of the parapet of the wooden footbridge across the marshy area of the i54 nature reserve.
Reserving a seat: magpie, West Park
A misty January morning in West Park. Very few people about. Magpie using one of the benches by the bandstand as a lookout point.
Cinnabar polypore (possibly)
Bright red fungus, possibly a cinnabar polypore on a moss and lichen covered bough. Too far out of reach on the other side of a ditch to inspect more closely. Similar fungi had been growing there twelve months previously.
Gulls on a misty morning, West Park
Black headed gulls, with a few lesser black backed getting in on the act. Most resting on the rail along the shore of the West Park boating lake on a misty morning earlier this month.