The reds and greens of a rhubarb in flower. This one was on one of the plots on my local allotments, seen at the end of March.
Rhododendron flower buds
Flower buds just beginning to open on one of the many rhododendron bushes in West Park – the opened flowers had pure white petals.
Snake’s heads hanging
The flowers of a snake’s head fritillary look much to large to be carried by the long thin stem, and do droop under their own weight. I noticed these in a well-kept front garden.
Bluebells, front gardens
Bluebells, partly opened in front gardens, which attracted my attention when I was passing recently. There is a tiny hoverfly on the flower in the lower picture.
Moorhen in tree, preening, West Park
Moorhens rarely spend much time higher than ground or water level. This one was in branches of a tree spreading low over West Park’s boating lake, busily preening its feathers.
Wood anemones near Packhorse Bridge, Hampton in Arden
A patch of wood anemones (these were in flower two years ago). The patches can sometimes cover large areas in woodland, flowering in early spring before the new leaves of the tree canopy overhead put the ground plants into shade.