As Spring approaches our woodland flowers take advantage of the available sunlight, before the leaves form on the trees and darken the canopy. One of the first plants to flower are wild daffodils creating swathes of early colour, which can still be found in ancient woodlands, like the ones below. Smaller than cultivated varieties, usually 20 to 25cm high, native wild daffodils have large, single, yellow flowers, pale outer petals and a darker yellow cylindrical trumpet.
Welcome to my Wildlife Blog I've named my blog Traveller's Joy for a couple of reasons, firstly because it describes the purpose of my blog, a narration of travelling with the intention of finding and enjoying the best wildlife in my home county, Hampshire and secondly because I simply love hedgerow plants! My aim is to find and see the best local wildlife in every month, for a year, starting now!
Saturday, 17 March 2012
Wild Daffodils
Monday, 5 March 2012
Great Crested Grebe Courtship
A sunny March morning today and a visit to my local lakes to observe Great Crested Grebes performing courtship displays. I observed two pairs, one pair were simply following and turning away, then following and turning away but this pair were a bit further on in the charm stakes, performing an elegant display of heard turning and crest ruffling.
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