One of West Park’s many magpies takes the route it often uses to walk to the lake for a drink of water or a quick bathe. When it gets to the edge, it pauses, frustrated by the ice.
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Boating lake – ice, snow
The West Park boating lake during the cold spell in the middle of the month – most of the surface covered in ice, and the ground leading up to the bandstand with a thin coat of the snow which had fallen overnight.
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Greylags swimmimg by, icy lake
Three greylag geese swimming, just by the margin of the ice, on West Park lake. As they passed, first the lead bird, then all three stared at me.
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Ice landscapes
Uneven surface of the ice on West Park lake. I guess that some of the birds swam in these areas when the ice was beginning tom form, breaking it up. As it got colder, these fragments were (literally) frozen in place, leaving abstract landscape patterns in the surface.
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Small bracket fungus, mainly green
Small bracket fungus growing on a fallen branch by the Railway Walk at Newbridge. The green surface colour had formed a more complete cover on a previous visit.
These small, bright fungi grow on dead wood, with the fruiting bodies appearing in the middle of winter.
A small pile of fallen wood at the side of the Railway Walk at Newbridge has supported some for several years now. In recent years the number of cups has been falling. Possibly the nutrient in the wood is being exhausted.