Anemone nemorosa

Yesterday I was off to a place where I  have seen anemones, I wanted to shoot them before they disappear, which certainly happens within a week.
The strange thing is that I have never seen the blue or yellow variant of it  here in england, while in Sweden we have them both.
And wood anemones contained here is quite hard to find in bigger forests which is a bit strange, now I compare with sweden and there you can find them much easier in forests. But maybe it is the the slightly higher altitude compared with Stockholm that makes them not thrive in forests here.

I went down to the Anemone place later in the afternoon to take pictures of anemones in the evening light, hard daylight is rarely a good idea to take pictures of flowers.
I spent a few hours to the anemones before the nice evening light disappeared behind the mountains.
I photographed only with macro lens and my old Nikon D90 because a get a little longer focal length with that combination, (crop factor) which I think is great when you're shooting smaller flowers.

Daffodil

I have not been out for photography for a while, but there are still some pics from the Botanical Garden that I want to show you. This time it's a bit different varieties of daffodils. I have been photographing them at slightly different times during the day and with different lenses.
It's rather nice springs here in Sheffield, as you can find daffodils and a lot of other flowers everywhere.

Signs of Spring

Yesterday I walked to Rivelin Valley, my idea was that I would shoot dipper and gray wagtail.
But it seems that the dipper will not nest there this year, because I did not see them at all.
There is another thing that shows that they are not in place namely droppings on the rocks, they always leave traces behind and since it has not rained in a long time so it should be a lot of tracks of them.
I think the late snow and cold that came a while ago maybe did them a bit worried and decided to check out another place.
Sadly for me, because I had been looking forward to follow them throughout the summer.
The Grey Wagtail I found in a place which is located quite far away, but they did not seem to have found the nesting place yet, so I do not know where they will end up in the end.
However, I found some sign of spring, the frogs had woken and the males was playing for the females :)) even the flowers down in the ravine had started to come up properly.

 

Signs of spring and more..

Spring flowers are really trying to coming out now, but every now and then the winter comes back for short periods. But spring flowers are tough and they are fighting on despite the snow and freezing temperatures.
It is mainly snowdrops and some yellow flower do not know the name of that one who is steadfast, but  I'm also a little surprised when I see that some rhododendrons already begun to bloom,  isn't that a bit too early but they seem to do well. Even magnolia is starting to get big buds but it will probably take some months for them to bloom.
I Saw a nice dove that I not have seen before, it is called Collared Dove, they have a very nice song  and also a creepy red eye :))

Collared Dove/ Turkduva

 

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