Clump of unidentified bracket fungus growing from the trunk of one of the willow trees planted to camouflage the sewage works by the Wolverhampton-Bridgnorth road at Trescott.
Female blackbird searching under leaf litter
Female blackbird turning over leaf litter, looking for invertebrates to eat.
Winter willow by the Smestow
Willow growing by the Smestow Brook a few hundred yards upstream from the ford at Trescott.
Seasonal bush
Trimmed bush on a lawn in Womboune shopping centre, complete with a fake Christmas pudding topping and a cuddly toy robin nesting in its branches.
Botterham Locks
Botterham Locks are a staircase of three locks between Wombourne and Swindon – just a few hundred yards from the factory making a well-known brand of oven chips.
Earth stars, city centre
These earth star fungi were growing only yards from the exit to an underpass crossing Wolverhampton’s ring road.
Despite the busy pedestrian traffic, no-one was giving them a glance.
Moorhen by my feet
One of the West Park moorhens coming close to me as it walks to get a piece of bread someone has dropped by the shore of the lake.
Vibernum berries on bare bush
Bright red vibernum berries are ignored by birds.
So they stay on the bushes looking decorative even when the leaves have all fallen.
Blue tit on a feeder
Yet another bird taking advantage of the feeding station at Northycote Farm – a bluetit pecking at a fast disappearing fatball.
Pizza on a stick
When fly agaric caps have flattened, they can look a little like a pizza resting on a prop.
Pictures of this mushroom when the cap was still domed are here.