Tuesday 21 April

We set off on a dry morning, the sun was trying it's best to show.

Only the two of us again.

When we are on our own we tend to drift from area to area checking for new growth and new plants.

Not a new one but quite a patch of it, with plenty in the area - Wood Sage just leaves at the moment.

Common Dog Violet - we are getting little patches all over the valley.
Red Campion

Hairy Wood Rush

Hairy Wood Rush Flowers

Lily of the Valley - the flowers are not open yet, quite a few plants this year.

Lords & Ladies

With the spotted leaves - these are said to be the most common but around here they are mainly unspotted.

Sycamore Flowers

Meadow Buttercup

Cuckoo Flower

Remains of a kill

Spring Wood

The Castle Tree Stump.

Horse Chestnut Buds.

Oak buds ready to burst.

Tadpoles in the weir channel.

Heading toward home on the path between the river and the Top Lodge.