Wyche Cutting, Worcester. A walk in the woods.

Fern unfurling

Today I walked from the Wyche
 Cutting church car park, south
along the path through the woods
 to Gardiners Quarry. The path
 takes you through lightly wooded
 deciduous areas and a small

The footpath

 coniferous wood. Along the way
 you come across several areas 
where bluebells are growing. There
 are areas thick with ferns, areas
 covered by foxglove and willow herb
 plants, both of which should be beautiful

Bluebell detail

come late July and August. There are
 also areas thick with brambles so come
 autumn there should be plenty of 
blackberries.

Tree root detail

Foxgloves along path

Bluebells

Newent and Dymock woods and nature reserves, Gloucestershire.

In Dymock Wood

Wild Primrose and Wood Anemones

Wood Anemone

 I thought I would share some more of the photos from my walk along the woods and nature reserves around Dymock and Newent. Yesterday's walk was just so delightful, and as well as the wide panoramic shots I shared, I also took detailed pictures of some of the flora.

Wild Watercress, (possibly)

As well as the native daffodils which the area is famed for, there are many other beautiful flowers. Here are just a few that I spotted.

Forsythia

There are a few who's names I am not certain of. I have had a go at identifying them though. The wild watercress I found in a book called food for free, but famously when that book was first published a reader died from accidental poisoning as they miss identified something.

Our native flora, almost always beautiful, but occasionally deadly.

Not quite sure, neither an anemone or buttercup

Flower on a clematis like woody vine

Apple Blossom

Snowdrops

From left-right, Benji and Bella keeping warm

Snowdrops

 It snowed again overnight. A beautiful light dusting like icing sugar on a sponge cake. My cat's were not impressed, they hate snow, and couldn't be persuaded to leave the sofa.

Signs of spring are everywhere in my garden. There are buds and green shoots everywhere and the first flowers have appeared.

The sun is doing it's best, and so by lunch time everywhere not in shade was again green and warm.

Hazel catkins

Primrose

Snow in the shade

No snow