Wildlife from Wolverhampton and nearby
Badger’s don’t hibernate. They may try to last out a few days of cold weather by staying in their warm underground setts. But signs that they have been on the hunt for food after snow can be found even in the depths of winter. Footprints showed that they had been active after the recent snow.
A narrow gap between two bushes forces badgers onto a fixed path as they commute between their sett and the open ground in search of food. The recent snow shows up this path as a well-trodden trail.
A clump of crocuses struggle in the snow this wintry springtime.
Common jellyspot is a fungus found on dead wood. These were growing on a section of tree trunk placed to discourage parking on the grass verge outside the Pendeford Mill Nature Reserve.
Line of footprints left in the recent snow by a wood pigeon.
Teazle seed-head against the background of the recent snow.
Pussy willow catkins still covered in drops of water after recent rain.
Wood pigeon keeping a wary eye on me, even though we are separated by the width of the canal at Castlecroft.
Two lichens growing on the same bough by a path at Northycote Farm. I thought they looked like miniature seaweeds, marooned inland.
Male and female mallard, who seem to be using these flattened reeds as a nest