If you look carefully the signs of spring are starting to appear, even though the days are short and it is wet, gloomy and cold. The picture shows some tightly formed hazel catkins. It won’t belong before they lengthen and expand and let their male pollen flow free.
I found this early purple orchid next to a path near the Sustainability Centre. Spring is finally arriving.
There is a very good show of bluebells in Hen Wood, next to Horsedown Farm at the moment.
First swallow of 2023 sighted in Coombe Road today 15 April. Last years first sighting was on 21 April.