Category: David

Horse chestnut leaves, again on the topmost twig of the tree, just as they were starting to open.

Seen at the same time as the opening leaves of the nearby oak featured in the previous post.

Leaf buds on the topmost twig of an oak, just as they were beginning to open recently.

Caterpiller, species unidentified, which was making surprisingly fast progress crossing a pavement.

Nuthatch on a bough on the opposite side of the canal, busy breaking open a nut and eating it.

First peacock I’ve seen this year. Mid-morning on a sunny day, with the butterfly warming itself as it stood on the ground in a grassy area of Barley Field. The forest of stalks from last year’s grasses meant these were the clearest views I could get.

Sycamore leaf buds when they were still tightly wrapped closed. Although the twig was well up the tree, I was looking at it on a level from a canal bridge.