Wolves Wild

This gorse bush, growing on the far bank of the Birmingham canal yards from Horseley Fields, was flowering even in the middle of winter.

Directly above Compton lock, the mist was rising from the canal so strongly it looked like steam condensing over boiling water.

Taken from the same position as the picture in the previous post, but turning to look in the direction of Meccano bridge.

The first of three pictures taken by the Staffs and Worcs canal near Compton lock. There was a wood fire on this narrowboat, the smoke merging with the mist which was rising from the canal under the morning sun.

A coating of frost on the upper surfaces of these buddleia seed-heads and leaves.

The lock-keeper’s cottage is reflected in the ice which was forming on the canal basin.

A couple of old oaks showing their structure while they have lost their leaves.

The smaller eastern section of the lake in West Park is always the first part to freeze over. This picture was taken ten days ago, when the ice was so thin that even the water birds seemed to be avoiding standing on it.

The canada geese in West Park were not happy that the ground had frozen. A large section of the flock had come up near the bandstand to prospect the soil for something to eat.

The canal wharf next to the British Waterways warehouse on Broad Street (the once and future Canal Club).

The wharf points directly at Wolverhampton (High Level) railway station; the most recent building on the station can be seen in the background.

Apparently the wharf follows the original line of the canal, which was re-routed when the railway came to Wolverhampton.

The canal banks were white with frost, which seemed to be covering the back of this duck as well.

Rime on the berries and leaves of ivy bushes recently.