An unusually mild morning with bright sunshine interspersed with brief showers. Philorth Woods are greening up with buds starting to open on the elders, sycamores and horse chestnuts, and the fresh green fuzz of new needles appearing on the larches.
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| The beautiful blackthorn tree growing between Black Folds and Hippy Hillock, the leaves and flowers are just starting to open. |
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| Delicate blackthorn blossom (Prunus spinosa), one of Grey Granite's favourite spring flowers. |
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| By Mains of Philorth Cottage there are cheerful daffodils at the roadside and the trees have a greenish tinge as buds start to open.. |
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| The snowdrops in the wood have almost all gone over and are being replaced by the yellow stars of celandines and a few tentative wood garlic flowers. The wood seemed full of bird activity, we heard woodpeckers drumming, blackbirds, pheasants and pigeons calling. At the edge of the wood near Kempen Hillock there were rooks raucously cawing to each other as they wheeled overhead and fussed about their nests high in the pine trees. Small birds, finches and tits were busy throughout the wood. |
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