A robin standing on one of the posts of the fence around the pool at Bantock Park.
It knew I was watching it, but didn’t seem worried.
Eventually, it turned its back as it prepared to move to another perch.
Bench row, Rose garden, Bantock Park
The view looking in the entrance to the rose garden at Bantock Park on a sunny winter’s day.
Mallard swimming in a frozen lake
A male mallard which had just got into the water of the then almost iced-over West Park lake.
Snow-covered umbellifer
The remains of last year’s growth on an umbellifer holding piles of snow in each hollow.
Canal and Castlecroft Bridge, snow
Views towards both sides of Castlecroft Bridge when the snow was lying. The bridge connects farm fields which are divided by the Staffs & Worcs Canal.
Laurel berries
Green, possibly unripe, berries on an ornamental laurel with mottled leaves. I noticed the bush in someone’s front garden a few days ago.
Snow on reeds
Snow had even managed to settle on the thin platform provided by the leaves of these reeds growing in the canal near Castlecroft.
St John’s wort seed cases
Drying seed cases on a garden shrub a few days ago.
Wintry view, Jan 2013
Wintry day view of West Park lake with the church in the city centre in the distance.
Dell Wood, snowy day
The trees around the Dell, the former sandstone quarry at the back of Wightwick Mill Lock, seen from across the canal when the snow was lying.