Lesser Celandines at last

Today began as a real Spring morning at last, the temperature reached a relatively respectable 8.5c, since there was virtually no wind this felt very pleasant.

The Wastart has a lot of dry, dead grass away from the burns, bogs and temporary winter lochans. Yesterday we saw a grass fire break out and rapidly take hold on the dunes beneath Tiger Hill in Fraserburgh. This phenomenon has been widespread across Scotland during the last week, partly due to muir burn getting out of control due to the relatively dry conditions.

Abundant Coltsfoot (Tussialgo farfara) flowers by the Swine Burn

 It was quite noticeable that the several patches of coltsfoot which we saw in flower today were all on slightly west facing ground which caught the sun.

At last Lesser Celandines (Ranunculus ficaria) are just a starting to come into flower, whereas on Monday the celandines at Philorth were hardly open in today's  bright sunshine  those by the Swine Burn were opening.