geese above, bracken below four and a half weeks on from winter solstice, and the weather spring-like, with birdsong in the mornings; January almost over. the winter geese are still with us; Pinkfooted leave by the end of March, but Brent stay until April or May. walking around Holt Lowes’ scrubby woodland in the sunshine yesterday, there was no real sign of spring in the undergrowth – abundant russet bracken which still hangs on, autumn leaves still piled up – but suddenly I noticed all the gorse in flower. it’s a kind of gorsebush which flowers all year round to an extent, but this looked like a positive surge of yellow flowers. something soft and indefinite about the light, not full sunshine, with everything still sodden from the days of rain. there was a Muntjac deer in full sight amongst the bracken which Tilda and Sal could not resist. they lost it immediately, but T did three more passes around the woods looking for it. Post navigation rosey dawnin the grip of the wind 5 Comments Your gorse is so pretty PJ!! I wish we had flowers during the winter, but the frost pretty much makes that impossible. And I love your trail through the ferns… Reply we do have a mild climate these days … not like before climate change when 14 degrees of frost perfectly common … but gorse does have a few flowers on it all the year round. I have a very pretty flower out on a shrub called Daphne at the moment, mauve, with a lovely honey scent. and this place is gorgeous to walk in. Reply Wonderful picture of geese. I can almost hear them! I have never seen gorse before. The russet colors are so lovely. Is that Tilda? She is a beautiful girl. I like the trail picture as well. Thank you for sharing. Reply Love your photography and your descriptions which remind me of Exmoor where I live. What is it about lambs tails and snowdrops that is so memory evoking? I remember lambs tails when, as a boy of only seven, I walked through the South Devon country lanes to my one classroom school. So many years ago, but the memory is still strong. Reply Thanks, Rob. I must say, on the whole Norfolk couldn’t be more different from Exmoor, although here at the tail end of the Holt – Cromer ridge, which is supposed to be a glacial terminal moraine, there is more wilderness. Reply Leave a ReplyCancel reply This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.
Your gorse is so pretty PJ!! I wish we had flowers during the winter, but the frost pretty much makes that impossible. And I love your trail through the ferns… Reply
we do have a mild climate these days … not like before climate change when 14 degrees of frost perfectly common … but gorse does have a few flowers on it all the year round. I have a very pretty flower out on a shrub called Daphne at the moment, mauve, with a lovely honey scent. and this place is gorgeous to walk in. Reply
Wonderful picture of geese. I can almost hear them! I have never seen gorse before. The russet colors are so lovely. Is that Tilda? She is a beautiful girl. I like the trail picture as well. Thank you for sharing. Reply
Love your photography and your descriptions which remind me of Exmoor where I live. What is it about lambs tails and snowdrops that is so memory evoking? I remember lambs tails when, as a boy of only seven, I walked through the South Devon country lanes to my one classroom school. So many years ago, but the memory is still strong. Reply
Thanks, Rob. I must say, on the whole Norfolk couldn’t be more different from Exmoor, although here at the tail end of the Holt – Cromer ridge, which is supposed to be a glacial terminal moraine, there is more wilderness. Reply