Wolves Wild

Clock by the ornamental flower beds in West Park this weekend.

Frosts in the middle of March leaving rime-covered leaves in the morning. A multi-coloured bramble leaf still on the bush from last year.

Comfrey lying close to the ground.

Section of a grassy bank making an almost abstract image.

One of the pair of little grebes in the previous post has just dived and caught a fish.

Moves it around in its beak to get a better grip.

The fish are shaken before eating.

The next dive, and another catch.

A pair of little grebes in breeding plumage just downstream of Compton Lock.

Dabchicks normally overwinter on the canal, but head off elsewhere to breed, going before they are in breeding plumage. This year, at least five or six have stuck around in the stretch of canal between Aldersley and Wightwick.

An ear fungus by the canal towpath at Wightwick, growing on its preferred host, an elder.

Snowman with leaves for eyes in West Park yesterday.

One of the violets growing on a bank by the canal towpath, along with lesser celandines as featured in the previous post.

This lesser celandine flower wasn’t quite ready to open even on one of the sunniest days recently.

A view when walking to the location of the next two posts. A peaceful scene barely disturbed by the distant rumble of traffic on the Bridgnorth road.

Furry flower bud of a magnolia in Bantock Park. I couldn’t decide which picture I preferred.