Wolves Wild

Great crested grebe swimming up and down on Pool Hall water. It was making frequent unmelodious calls as it patrolled.

One of the great crested grebes at Pool Hall, stretching its leg out behind it as it swam up and down the pool.

Great crested grebe attending to its feathers as it swims.

It’s one of a pair on the angling pool at Pool Hall near Trescott.

The bright red interior of the scarlet elf cup fungi contrasts with the green of the moss which was also growing on the pile of dead wood.

This was the fourth distinct patch of elf cups I’ve noticed this year in the Smestow Valley between Compton and the Ranger Station.

Small section of bare rock face exposed at Springvale Park. It’s shale, perhaps part of the area of Lower Ludlow Shale which lies to the west of the Black Country Coal Measures.

Velvet shanks are one of the most cold-tolerant fungi. These had come up during the cold spell in March, but must have been soft enough for something to want to nibble on them.

A pair of magpies share a perch with a good view of their territory.

Flowers on this conifer look like they are tipped in fine hair.

The pictures show flowers on the same tree and were all taken at the same time. They show the effects of viewing from different angles in the strongly directional light just minutes after sunrise.

Cones beginning to develop alongside the remaining flowers at the end of a twig on one of the West Park conifers.

Lesser black backed gull which was standing a few feet from the black-headed gull featured yesterday.