Springtime in the woods and a happy pheasant

The woods are finally waking up to Spring! The Wood Anemones have got going, despite my worries they were developing slowly compared to the Bluebells:

But the Bluebells are on their way out too:

As is the Broom in the wayleave

And a wild Daffodil in Sweep Wood:

The trees are getting going too, the Willow in the wayleave is in flower, with lots of catkins on display:

The Birch trees are quite well into leaf now:

And the Hornbeam is getting started:

Here's the area we coppiced over the winter, which is now looking very green!

The wildlife is busy too, lots of Bumble Bees around:

And at least one of our tame pheasants is still around - they always make this noise when they eat the seed we've left for them:

Looking forward to some more sunny days in the woods soon!

Mike