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| A frosty start to the day...... |
Although the tree canopy is still almost exclusively bare, down at ground level, there is more colour appearing daily...
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| Bare trees, blue skies and wood anemones... |
There are a few species of fungi to be discovered at present...
The ash trees are budding up nicely...
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| Ash buds... |
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| Ash keys... |
Some of the ash is even bursting into flower...
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| Unknown fungi... |
Loads of primroses...
And violets in flower...
Even a few bluebells flowering...
The willow is looking spectacular in places...
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| Willow flower... |
The upturn in temperatures has encouraged even more invertebrates out in recent days...
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| A bee feeding on cuckoo-flower |
I have never before seen so many of these little ladybirds in the woods. They are on so many tree trunks and in good numbers...
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| Kidney-spot ladybirds... |
I have already spotted Comma, Peacock, Brimstone, Small tortoiseshell and Red admiral butterflies...
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| A Peacock butterfly |
And a closer look at the lovely wood anemones that are everywhere in the woods right now...
