Close-ups of the flowers on a male holly bush no berries come winter.
The elaborate structure – a candelabra – raising horse chestnut flowers over the twig they are on. The flowers were just starting to open in the last few days.
April 7th, frosty morning. Close up of alkanet flowers early that morning, speckled on frost crystals.
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#lockdown – sunset, sunrise
Sun disappearing into clouds as it set a couple of days ago, and as it rose again the following morning.
Great tit, a regular visitor to the garden all winter to sample seed in the bird feeders. After three weeks of lockdown, getting bolder like a lot of wildlife.
Cramp balls, coal fungus, King Alfred’s cakes: a distinctive fungus growing on dead and dying trees. These on a trunk, brought down in winter storms some years ago, being allowed to decay naturally on the edge of the wildflower area in Bantock Park.
