Category: David

Unopened flower buds, seen on the same bush at the same time as the flowers in the previous post.

Close-up views of hawthorn flowers in a hedge. From a distance only the pure white of the petals ontrasting with the yellow-green of the newly unfolded leaves hits the eye. A closer approach shows a wash of yellow and blush of pink of the reproductive parts.

Rich reds of a flower bud and opened flowers on a rhododendron bush growing near one of the entrances to West Park recently.

Coot sitting on short grass by the path round West Park lake, with its head stretched out to perhaps twice the usual length.

Bees are not the only insects attracted to spring flowers. This fly was on a camellia on the same West Park bush as the bumblebee pictured a couple of days ago.

I noticed these tulips as I passed various front gardens recently – some are still tightly wrapped buds, others almost open.