Wolves Wild

Seen in the middle of February. Both plants had short stems with the flower close to the ground

This cluster of snowdrops grows every year at the opposite side of the bridge to the violets which featured in yesterday’s post.

The long flowering season for Oxford ragwort used to run from April to December.

This one was in full bloom in the middle of February.

Strongest coloured of the spring crocuses.

These violets grow on a sheltered and sunny bank by the Staffs and Worcs canal, which is normally one of the earliest spots locally where they come into flower.

A good fortnight after the picture of violets in the south-west flowering, there are still no signs these are nearing that stage.

This was lying in the grass by the towpath only a short distance from where I was standing when taking the picture in the previous post.

The size of the skull and the prominent brow ridges indicate it belonged to a fox.

There were no signs of any other bones. There were no signs of the skull either when I went back a few days later.  It had most likely been cleared away by the British Waterways trimming and mowing crew who had been along in the meantime.