Wolves Wild

Magpie on the frozen mud of a dried-up puddle in, West Park. It was pecking unenthusiastically at the surface, looking for something to eat.

Oyster fungus on the fine old vine of a mature wisteria. Oyster fungus are cultivated commercially, destined for the supermarket shelf and the kitchen. They are also a white rot fungus, a fatal parasite on trees and similar woody plants.

Clumps of snowdrops growing in the wooded area in front of the house in Bantock Park.

Pair of coots just starting building a nest near the edge of Anglers Pool, Perton, late in January. One bird was frequently pecking at the neck feathers of the other – reinforcing the pair bond?

Clumps of a particularly bushy moss and a lichen growing on a gnarly twig.

Heron on the island in the middle of the almost frozen boating lake, West Park, Wolverhampton.