A cold, breezy day, but thankfully fine, saw 5 of us commence our walk through the beautiful Middleton Woods, seen today in all their glory as they put on their annual spring display of bluebells. In certain areas greater stitchwort was starting to flower in amongst the bluebells and given another week or two to develop fully, will complement the blues perfectly. 26 species in total were seen in flower with wood sorrel being in evidence along with wood anenomes, opposite leaved golden saxifrage, pendulous sedge, wild arum and dog's mercury. Fringe cups were also noted and there was evidence of new fronds on 4 ferns - broad buckler, male and female and bracken.
Comment was made by us all on the wonderful variation in green apparent at this time of year, some of the beech appearing to have an almost translucent quality. We also remarked on the amazing shapes that the trunks of various trees produced adding a further dimension to the woodland canopy.