Drystone Dyke with algae ~003 Drystone Dyke with algae ~002 Drystone Dyke with algae ~001 Honking, fleeing Mallard Mallard in fright and flight! Mallard in flight Mallards in flight Blue skies and willow catkins Pair of mallards in flight Cock pheasant survived the snows! Reflections Siskin feeding in the rain Iridescent Cock Pheasant in Spring plumage Cock Pheasant peanut hunting Hey - enough pheasants already! Hey - enough pheasants already! Hey - enough pheasants already! Hey - enough pheasants already! Hey - enough pheasants already! Night skies Courtyard Foray March 20th Courtyard Foray March 20th Courtyard Foray March 20th Green grass at last, and snowdrops Full moon through the bare branches Woven coppiced Hazel Little and Large Still water reflections Where is Spring? Lookout point for the daffodils..… Dreicher by the day and still snowing... Phalaenopsis Orchid Phalaenopsis Orichids reflowering... First crack at tonight's moon... Snow and blue skies Who's there? Dock and island submerged! Sun, ice and shadows So how do you sex a hazel catkin? The hazels seem to think it's Spring... The icerink is open for business again! The joy of chucking clapped out BT phones in the t… Will this ever end? - another whiteout this mornin… Rain, rain, go away... Breakfast in the courtyard is cancelled this morni… So pussy willows think Spring is here...