A grey winters morning at Doxey Marshes

Today we visited  Staffordshire Wildlife Trust reserve - Doxey Marshes 

snowdrop time

They are out!!!! Another couple of weeks or so and they will look fabulous, but wonderful to see them today at Loynton Moss.
We had a raven chasing off a buzzard overhead and a patchwork of snowdrops beneath our feet, It was lovely to be able to walk amongst them without trampling on any, in a few weeks if I return then, I will be admiring them from the edge of the mass instead as they will be carpeting the ground!

We then continued our walk along the spectacular Moss and through the woodland - lots of creaking noises with the trees swaying and branches rubbing against each other in the strong winds

scarlet elf cup