As the rain continues to fall, we can rejoice in the brief interludes when the sun shines. It is a joy to see the hazel catkins light up the landscape backlit by a low winter sun. More subtle, but just as full of beauty are the alder catkins whose purpling of the tree give it a character you would not expect. One specimen I know of is set against a background of the young yellow wands of a willow and the contrast is breathtaking.
Further news of blackbirds breeding early: an egg shell discovered on a footpath, clearly one from which a youngster has emerged.
I have asparagus spears appearing on my allotment, a good two months early.
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