Wolves Wild

This tortoiseshell moved off very nervously when I tried to get slightly closer.

Blackthorn (sloe) bushes starting to flower early in April. The pictures here were taken of neighbouring bushes at the same time. One bush (above) was a mass of buds. The other must have been in a slightly more favoured spot, so the flowers were already out.

Catching the spring sun.

Plenty of flowers here, but it looks positively restrained compared to the Japanese cherry below.

The almost overpowering profusion of blossom is a clue that this is cultivated.

A few days previously, these had seemed a vivid yellow.