Tag: spring
The Statutory Forest – Walking with my camera
[slideshow]I haven’t been on my usual walk up to the forest for over two weeks. Things change in that time. New leaves are budding and, as the old leaves crumble away, they seem to reveal quite a bit of rubbish that has been hiding underneath them for the winter! At last the celandines are really…
Spring is springing
My old Silver birch, which has recently been felled, is pouring water from the stump. It used to do this before. There would be one day in spring when it would drip like mad as the system got underway again, feeding the new leaves. I also had a chiff chaff come to the pond for…
Frogulation
The temperature is rising, there’s a gentle rain and the cats are going crazy because the pond is heaving with frogs. They are croaking away, singing sweet songs of love to each other and there’s a whole load of spawning going on!