David

OK, not flowers, because plantains are non-flowering plants. This one was growing by the edge of a pavement.

Most of the bluebells along the Railway Walk are not showing signs of flowering for a little while yet. But one small patch where the path goes through a cutting is ahead of the rest.

Zooming in on the marsh marigold flowers from the recent post.

Closer views of the blackthorn featured in the post a couple of days ago. Buds had not yet opened on some of the shadier stretches of the hedge – they had opened on the following day.

The pond which was created a few years ago in Compton Park is gradually being smothered by the vigorous vegetation, including the marsh marigolds which brighten up the early spring.

All along the edge of the Barley Field separating it from the Railway Walk, a blackthorn hedge which is covered in tiny white flowers before the leaves arrive each spring.