Wolves Wild

Bluebells seem slow starting to flower this year, perhaps the continuing frosty mornings. These were the first few I spotted, in Bantock Park.

Halophile (salt-loving) plant with tiny flowers, Danish scurvy grass. It used to be very rare, found only very near the coast. Since the 1960s, gritting of icy roads has become routine. The scurvy grass has colonised the first few inches of verges along main roads, the splash zone, where the white flowers can be found in spring.

Female blackbird on the hunt at bantock Park. Catching and eating one worm, then listening for others.

One of the pied wagtails featured in yesterday’s post, flying off across the West Park lake.

Another non-social bee making an appearance. resting on a leaf to warm itself in the spring sunshine. This one is a red mason bee.

Pair of pied wagtails by the side of the shore at West Park, hunting for insects. Where only one bird appear in a picture, it is the female, which was nearer to me.