A group of black and white inkcaps growing on a wooded grassy bank by Wolverhampton ring road.
Possibly hare’s foot inkcaps, but when I noticed them they were ahowing signs of age so it was hard to be sure.
Twisty ash trees
Pair of mature ash trees growing by the farm track/bridleway which heads off from Castlecroft.
The twisty shape of the trees is no longer softened now they have lost their leaves for the winter.
At the helm
A stuffed toy, perhaps a meerkat, standing guard on the tiller of a moored canal boat.
Frog graffiti, Oxley railway bridge
Graffiti artists rarely deal in wildlife themes. This was on an arch of the viaduct carrying the railway across the canal at Oxley.
Sheep outside a pub
This small flock of ewes and lambs grazing outside a Balsall Common pub looked convincing from a distance. The shepherds seemed to have got fed up of watching their flock, and popped inside for a quick one.
Bully jumper
The Birmingham Bull was given a jumper and jeans in the run-up to Christmas this year. Here is a picture without the clothing.
Cock in a hurry
Northycote Farm cock, which was in a rush to get to another part of the hen enclosure.
Wightwick mill lock, snow and ice
A reminder that wintry weather doesn’t always mean gales and heavy rain.
This was Wightwick Mill Lock on Christmas Eve 2010, the ground covered in snow and the water almost completely frozen over.
Lone carrion crow mobbing a buzzard
Birds of prey are often mobbed by smaller birds. But it is rarer to see a lone bird doing the mobbing.
Her, one of the buzzards which regularly fly over the Smestow Valley Barley Field is being seen off by a lone carrion crow.
Autumn colours – rinse well
Fallen leaves which had turned the colours of traffic lights, fallen into the Wom Brook, and had been trapped in the algae of the waterfall on the downstream side of the Giggety Lane ford.