Wolves Wild

A cluster of knobbly galls at the end of this twig on one of the oak trees in the wood at Northycote Farm, with the buds showing signs of beginning to open lower on the twig.

Bud on one of the beech trees in the wood at Northycote Farm. There had been little development since buds on the same tree had been pictured seven weeks earlier, thanks to the wintry spring/

The birds using the feeders at Northycote Farm aren’t disturbed much by the people visiting the site.

These tits were having their fill on the fat balls and peanuts on a weekend over the recent school holidays.

Siskin high in an alder tree by the stream at Northycote Farm, keeping an eye on its territory.

Two images of another of the farmyard creatures at Northycote recently.

The Gloucester Old Spot sow taking a more relaxed approach than the boar sharing the same pen (previous post).

An impressive Gloucester old spot boar at Northycote Farm.

Jackdaw on the search for food on the path looking into the poultry pens at Northycote Farm.

Dog’s mercury flowering in the undergrowth in Northycote Farm wood. The green flowers are another inconspicuous sign that spring might actually be arriving.

Spring might finally be arriving.

Here is one of the signs – the lesser celandine flowers are opening fully.