Red dead nettles have been flowering for some weeks. The white flowered version are just starting to catch up with them.
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Early spring flowers: white dead nettle
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Early spring flowers: ribwort plantain
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.