Shropshire Spring

[cmcmck]

We took another walk in the Ercall forest last week to see how things were waking up.



Primroses!



And the bluebells beginning to poke their heads up:



Fungi, of course!



And lichens/mosses:



Nature creates its own art!





Those old oaks again:



The hawthorn buds are just starting to open up:



Spring meets Autumn:



More fungi. These were HUGE!



A ewe and her lamb come to take a look at us:



This is Willowmoor farm down in the valley below the Wrekin:



Yet more fungi:



This rejoices in the name of stinking hellebore (aka dungwort) Sounds like something out of Harry Potter!



And the lane that leads us back home after about two hundred yards:






 

Comments

[sasha_feather]

Love the sheep photo especially.

[cmcmck]

The rest of the flock studiously ignored us, but these two came for a closer look! :o)

[blueswan]

I don't say it often enough, but I really enjoy your picture posts. I love the close ups of interesting things and the scenic views. Thanks so much for sharing them.

[kotturinn]

'ullo sheep!
You do have some spectacular fungi in that wood.

[cmcmck]

Glad you enjoy. :o)

[cmcmck]

:o)

Ancient woodland such as this does tend to have a huge variety of fungi.

[recently_folded]

Oh, these are just lovely! Thank you for sharing spring with those of us who haven't gotten there yet (it's subzero F and we still have a couple feet of snow on the ground).

[readera]

😁💚

[yourlibrarian]

Aw sheep! A number of the trees around the neighborhood have burst into bloom in the last 10 days. Always good when they confirm spring has arrived 🙂

[kellyblah]

I love seeing spring nature/forest photos. It seems like the most ignored season, but trees as they are budding are lovely!

[cmcmck]

Crazy thing is that even here the temperatures are back down the basement level recently!

[cmcmck]

:o)

[cmcmck]

Our own cherry tree is now in full bloom and abuzz with insects.

[cmcmck]

I have to admit that Autumn is my own favourite, but it is nice to see things come to life too.

[pensnest]

Lovely pics. The trees, stumps etc, are delightfully gnarly.

[cmcmck]

The local forest seems to be good at gnarly! :o)

[chestnut_pod]

So lovely!

[turlough]

What lovely Spring photos!

[cmcmck]

And a good place to stay sane during all this!

[cmcmck]

Thanks.

I'm looking forward to the wild garlic and bluebells really coming into full flower.

[rose_griffes]

Those yellow primroses are stunning!

[cmcmck]

You know Spring has really arrived when they appear.

[elperian]

That forest looks so enchanted!

[cmcmck]

It is a lovely place to spend time!