Snowdrops in Toft Churchyard

We have just a few snowdrops sowing in Toft churchyard along with White Dead nettle while the mosses on the walls and gravestones are in full fruit. A few glimpses of the flocks of Fieldfares on my walk across the fields to Comberton and back.

Spring at Chippenham Park

The display of snowdrops at Chippenham Park (Cambridgeshire) is spectacular this year together with many other spring species though the Aconites are less abundant than earlier years and are just about over.

Madingley Snowdrops

The snowdrops are at their best at the moment, especially, as here, early on a sunny morning. Taken at f1.8 with a Canon macro lens attached Fuji mirrorless giving very shallow depth of field and interesting highlights

Spring Arrives at Anglesey Abbey

The Snowdrops are at their peak at Anglesey Abbey along with Aconites, Spring cyclamen and Witch Hazel, all looking great in the sunshine. Second photo shows how close the side angle attachment allows me to get with my X100V compact. 

Great Year for Snowdrops

Snowdrops are putting on a magnificent display everywhere around us including our village. Here are a few from our churchyard including a ladybird making the most of the warmer weather. Also saw our first Brimstone today though didn't manage a photo. Similar views are using different apertures to see what works best in terms of throwing the background out of focus but keeping the subject sharp.

St Nicholas Church in Arrington, Cambridgeshire

 I'd never visited Arrington church until today - the churchyard is particularly attractive with spring flowers. The Parish Church of St. Nicholas in Arrington dates from 13th Century. The walls are clunch of local field stones and red brick. The main roof, now tiled, was originally thatched and probably continued to be so until comparatively recent times. The timber spire is lead-covered. The West Tower (9½ ft. square) was built c. 1300, rebuilt in the 18th century. The organ is gothic, 19th Century.