The well-separated petals of fully open star magnolia flowers, with their delicate scent.
Busy, bold magpie
Another of the West Park magpies. This one landed perhaps four yards from where I was unpacking my camera, and immediately started rooted around in the undergrowth. It was aware I was there, occasionally glancing at me before carrying on fossicking among the fallen leaves.
Another camelia
Camelias from another bush in the same garden as yesterday’s. The flowers on this one were not quite as far out.
Dunnock calling, high perch
A dunnock calling from a perch high in a tree. It carried on undisturbed even though it knew we had stopped to watch it, confident it was safe where it was.
Camelia
It’s spring, so it’s time for spring-flowering camelias to flower. These were all on the same bush.
Comma on a garden wall
There’ve been very few butterflies so far this spring. This is only the second one I’ve seen – the other was also a comma.
This one landed on a garden wall a few yards ahead of where I was walking, and spread its wings to warm itself.