Spring is certainly starting to dazzle us in the garden and even this morning in the woods there was a warm glow through the Birch and Sycamore to welcome in Monday….
But it is still early for spring to show its full hand. Indeed last year we were under snow and ‘enjoying’ record cold March that didn’t ease till April was well underway. The first of the Woodland Spring flowers, the Snowdrops, are now starting to fade but still able to put on a show……….
Daffodils are next on the menu to delight us. Unlike the sheltered garden Daffodils which are now bunched together brashly brandishing their trumpets, in the woods they are still very much ‘in the green’ with only the occasional yellow signal of the feast to come….
But there is no doubting the rising warmth in the air….this cushion of early purple Heather is now in full bloom and doing its job,now busy with scores of Bees seeking out fresh nectar after their drowsy winter slumbers………
But winters ravishes are still easily found throughout the woods. Fallen branches having fallen fowl to the high winds, whilst a long abandoned gate post green with algae and moss bares testament to the wet in months just gone……
But the surest sign that spring is here are the birds, their song is now all around and as they cosy up to each other some feathers do fly……
10th March
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