Wolves Wild

A female blackbird on the ground at Bantock Park. Her beak is muddy because she has been probing the soil for food.

Lichen growing on one of the sturdy posts for supporting the roses at Bantock Park.

One of West Park’s resident black-headed gulls keeping an eye on me as it walks over the frozen surface of the lake.

Turkey tail fungus growing thickly on a tree stump in East Park.

A partly frozen Bag Pool at Baggeridge Country Park last week. Toposcope Hill is in the background.

Flowers on one of the West Park rhododendrons a few days ago.

Bullrushes on the frozen pond at Northycote Farm.

This post gives views of the pond itself as it appeared that day.

At work on the hillock with the clock tower in East Park last week – presumably part of the park’s on-going regeneration.

Moss growing on the top of a stone wall, with a raindrop seemingly on every fruiting body stalk.

Looking towards the wooded ridge which forms the highest section of Springvale Park (also known as Ettingshall Park)

From a gap in the trees on the ridge, the Black Country stretches out in the distance.