Muted Colours in the Frost

It's cold out there but beautiful in the frost! Colinton Dell looks very wintry

and the bridges are covered in thick frost

which glitters beautifully in the low sunlight.

Most colours are muted and the occasional berries, like these rosehips shine out particularly brightly

The puffball fungi look very old now, but if you look carefully you can see they still have some spores left inside, waiting to be released when some animal bumps into the fungi!  

A kingfisher dashed up the river and disappeared into an overhanging bush,  then a few minutes later dashed across the river and disappeared again! A lovely spot of colour on the wintry river.