Fresh and New

Chiff chaffs have been around for the last three days. One this morning had set out to rival local chaffinches for volume. Not bad after a long journey.

We now have the first flowers of wood sorrel. They are at their best pushing through leaf litter and twigs. The beautifully folding leaves are among the miracles of the woodland floor.

Wood anemones on Blacka are confined to lower levels.

Other signs of seasonal movement are everywhere. Prominent is the new vigour in bramble.

In one or two places its relative the wild rose can be found.