Furry outer covering of gorse flower buds half-hidden in the fearsome spikes of the leaves.
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Lichen (yellows and greens)
Lichen growing on the trunk of a bush by a quiet country lane. A close-up view gave a picture dominated by shades of green and yellow.
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Backlit bullrush
One of the bullrushes on the pond at Northycote Farm, its disintegrating seed head backlit by the morning sun. The out of focus yellow in the background is a patch of daffodils on the far shore of the pond.
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Yellow: lesser celandines
The full opening of lesser celandine flowers is for me one sign that spring is finally really arriving.
These were in a sheltered front garden in the first week of March.
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Great tit and blue tit on feeder
Great tit and blue tit grabbing some seeds from the same feeder at Northycote Farm.
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Old velvet shanks
Velvet shanks which have already been around for a few days. They have something, perhaps a mould, growing on their upper surface.
These were growing in the same place at the same time as those in the previous post.