27th March. A walk around Granta Park at the weekend indicated spring was rapidly unfurling. The Dog's Mercury were now in flower, and the first Blackthorn and Cowslip flowers were starting to show. The Celandine was still radiant on the banks of the river near the footbridge, and birds like the Chiffchaff and Robin were singing, pairing up and starting to build nests, including the Rooks in the Horse Chestnut trees. Andy M.
Dog's Mercury
Dog's Mercury
Wild Arum
Blackthorn - mostly with buds posed to burst
Blackthorn - and few first flowers were out
Blackthorn - and few first flowers were out
One of the first Cowslip to be in flower
Cowslip
Celandine flowers on the river bank
Celandine
Blue Tit soaking up the sun
Blue Tit acrobatically searching for food
Great Tit
Long-tailed Tit
Long-tailed Tit
Long-tailed Tit
Female Great Spotted Woodpecker
Female Great Spotted Woodpecker
Female Green Woodpecker
Jackdaw
Chiffchaff - taking a brief respite from its near continuous singing
Robin singing from the treetops
Some of the Rookery near the old canteen
Rook
Rook at the nest
Female Mallard on the lake ...
with its male Mallard mate.
Another Mallard pair on the river
male Mute Swan - closeup!
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