Snow in mid-December, six years ago, in this view of the Wrens Nest NNR just a few minues walk from Dudley town centre.
Shades of pale: snowberries, old mans beard
Different shades of pale: white from snowberries which were growing in front of the grey whiskery seeds of an old mans beard.
Long-tailed tit, half hidden
Long-tailed tit which kept flying from branch to branch every few seconds, half hidden among the twigs.
Mistletoe reflected
Mistletoe growing in several balls on a tree by the Avon at Stratford, reflected in the calm river on a windless day.
Small flock of starlings, Dover’s Hill
Small flock of starlings which kept taking wing to move a few yards in search of richer pickings in a sheep field on Dover’s Hill on the Cotswold scarp slope.
Circles: thistle in winter
Thistle hugging the ground, its leaves forming the spokes of a circle.