The last remanants of a one-time fence next to the Birmingham Canal, frost-decorated during the cold spell in the middle of last month.
Pampas grass, lightly frosted
Railway viaduct crossing a frozen canal
Picture taken heading up the Birmingham Canal towards the city centre during the cold spell last month.
The viaduct is carrying the railway to Shrewsbury and beyond. Through the viaduct arch is the Stafford Road, and, in the far distance, the other railway viaduct carrying the line north through Stafford.
Coral reef under frost
Carrion crows on a street light
Hart’s tongue fern, frosted
Big bunch of ash keys
Muskrats in and by the Gironde
Muskrats originally came from north America, but have become established after being introduced in many parts of Europe and Asia.
These were part of a large group of muskrats living by an outlet leading into the Gironde estuary, on the edge of Bordeaux city centre.
As well as everything else they found to feed on, they were given a steady stream of scraps by locals of all ages – a diet which also supported populations of rats, large mice of a species I have never seen before, and pigeons.