Geograph - photograph every grid square

As the petals start to fall at the end of a Hawthorn's blossoming, they... (more)

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Marking the end of the cold season, the trees still await their turn in welcoming spring

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The hollies in Bourne Woods are all flowering together. Unlike the Hawthorn,... (more)

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The foot-track opened up the past season (TF0820 : The 2021 path) is now trod bare. In... (more)

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Trees at the side of the footpaths

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I have featured this social distancing signage before (TF0920 : Public reminder), but here... (more)

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I don't know if these are quite seedlings - Holly is a slow goer, and they... (more)

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The White Dead-nettle, still very short of stature this early in the season, is... (more)

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No-one can miss the emerging green now.

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More of Spring's Harbingers, on the tree that got a mention in TF0820 : The lads are back

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The blossom on TF0820 : Woodland Blossom.

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The blossom on TF0820 : Woodland Blossom.

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Spring growth, spring sunshine, and the joy of life

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A slightly different crop from the stitch used for TF0720 : Spring morning sunlight, also placing the... (more)

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The tree seen in TF0720 : First flush of leaves in context, a panorama of several phone shots

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Although there has been a lot of leaf sprouting going on in the shrubby... (more)

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Speckled leaves. Not sure of what

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A joy to be alive again. When I got up the sky was a clear dome, not a could to... (more)

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Tiny pinpoints of colour mark the bursting buds on this bristling bush.

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Primulae and other annual plants are peeping through the leaf litter: this truly... (more)

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Looking south to the sunlit trees

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The cherry blossom has blown, and now the fruit develops in its place. Today is... (more)

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There are huge banks of Speedwell in the woods this spring. The weather seems... (more)

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The poor wrecked oak (TF0820 : Wreckage and Remnants) behind is still not collected for sale. But... (more)

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This week the buttercups have started flowering. Here is a small clump, and its... (more)

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This morning is sunny with a clear blue sky over an atmosphere swept clean of... (more)

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Puddles below the newly-greened trees on this path.

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The blue sky, the fresh spring foliage, shadows and light. Who can resist?

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The spring foliage on TF0720 : Tiny Oak on the corner.

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The ash tree in the foreground is still bare, but everything else is getting... (more)

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Oak leaves coming out and filling the canopy

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Overcast and chilly. Not a good feel on an early spring monring

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A glorious morning. Spring is here!

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A lovely morning to enjoy the unfurling of spring colour in the woods

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Mid-april, another clear sky and slight frost, opening a spring day. The... (more)

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A companion to TF0820 : Stormlight in my Orchard taken a few minutes later showing how quickly the... (more)

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The air temperature was -2°C when I set out, but there was no white frost within... (more)

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And now this Field Maple is unfurling to welcome the warmer days

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This Larch is a bit odd, for Bourne Woods. It is the tree seen in TF0820 : A touch of Larch... (more)

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Opening hazel leaves

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I am reminded of old Houseman. "Loveliest of trees, the Cherry now; is... (more)

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Wild violets, bird-sown, under a tree

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In the loose fertility of soil next to a tree root, hundreds of tiny seedlings... (more)

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Exuberant new growth in delightful bright sunlight.

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on a shrub near the forest depot

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A tiny tree under the giants, alive with early blossom

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30 minutes after this image was taken I returned and set up the sound recording... (more)

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A vivid spring morning

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