Wolves Wild

A squirrel scratching itself, then finding something to eat on the ground.

An experiment in recording video using a mobile phone.

No sign of dabchicks (little grebes) on their usual winter territories on the urban stretch of the canal from Wightwick northwards this year. These pictures are from six years ago, when one hung around long enough to develop its breeding plumage before moving off to its summer residence.

Well into February, so its time to be on the look out for frog spawn like this. It’s probably not worth making a special excursion to where these pictures were taken a few years ago. The pond in Turner’s Field has recently been very disturbed, and may well have lost its attractions as a breeding spot for amphibians.

Female tufted duck, with a less eye-catching plumage than a male, swimming by on West Park lake.

Patterns: bubbles trapped under the ice of the then frozen West Park lake. The bubbles seemed only to be forming along one small stretch of the shoreline.

Goldfinches spending a long time eating seed, with briefer visits from green finches, bluetits and great tits.