I was delighted to see so many at Staffordshire Wildlife Trust's Brown End Quarry today - just a shame there wasn't much sunshine!
A view of countryside life beyond my garden gate
Showing posts with label spring flowers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label spring flowers. Show all posts
Monday, 5 May 2014
Saturday, 26 April 2014
Monday, 21 April 2014
dandelions and bluebells
I have often sung the praises of dandelions, a much maligned flower and undeservedly so in my opinion, as you can read in a much earlier post on this blog from 2011entitled 'our magnificent dandelion'. Today the dandelions along our lane are again in full flower - and the few bluebells in the verges are also just starting to flower too, not in the masses as they are at Jackson's coppice (see my previous post) but just enough to add a splash of blue and the vibrancy of the two flowers together is quite stunning!
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| dandelions with ground ivy |
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| Dandelions and celandine |
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| dandelions with bluebells |
Saturday, 19 April 2014
Jackson's Marsh and Coppice
A morning of Marsh Marigolds, bluebells and birdsong.
Our day started with a walk along the boardwalk around Jackson's Marsh, a Staffordshire Wildlife Trust reserve, we were greeted by the call of a chiffchaff that teased us for a few minutes before hopping onto a different branch high up in the alders before flying off. the Marsh was full of birdsong, we spotted chiffchaff, nuthatch, goldcrest, coal tit, great tit, blue tit, robin, wren, dunnock, blackbird, jackdaws and buzzard.
Jackson's Marsh
We then went on to Jackson's Coppice, the bluebells are flowering another week and the woodland floor will be covered in bluebells.
photography by Angela Smith
Our day started with a walk along the boardwalk around Jackson's Marsh, a Staffordshire Wildlife Trust reserve, we were greeted by the call of a chiffchaff that teased us for a few minutes before hopping onto a different branch high up in the alders before flying off. the Marsh was full of birdsong, we spotted chiffchaff, nuthatch, goldcrest, coal tit, great tit, blue tit, robin, wren, dunnock, blackbird, jackdaws and buzzard.
Jackson's Marsh
We then went on to Jackson's Coppice, the bluebells are flowering another week and the woodland floor will be covered in bluebells.
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| wood anemone |
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| wood anemone |
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| wood anemone |
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| Wood Sorrel |
Tuesday, 1 April 2014
you could almost believe it was spring!
A beautiful warm and sunny dog walk, with just a light breeze, which meant I had a good chance of photographing my first butterfly of the year, so I took my camera and yes right on cue - this small tortoiseshell butterfly turned up at just the right moment!
the birds were in full song too, such as this wren - belting it out!!!
such a big noise from such a tiny bird -
and this chaffinch too!
My favourite kind of dog walks!
the birds were in full song too, such as this wren - belting it out!!!
such a big noise from such a tiny bird -
and this chaffinch too!
My favourite kind of dog walks!
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