As
ever, spring is arriving in fits and starts. Wednesday was warm and sunny, more
like summer, but today it’s cold and grey again. Nevertheless there was much to
see on my walk this morning.
Blackthorn was in full bloom in the hedgerows
.This ewe and her lamb caught my eye . . . . . . as did this green-eyed cat The flowers of Jack-by-the-hedge, also known as Garlic Mustard, have arrived in the last couple of days. The orange-tip butterfly likes to lay her eggs on this plant Ivy berries are an important food for birds at this hungry time of year
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The
weeping willow on the lane below my house, always the first of the trees to
burst into leaf |
Around my pond: the giant water buttercups known as Kingcups
Wild garlic at the bottom of my garden. I planted a few bulbs many years ago and now I have a profusion
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