Far From the Madding Crowd: The Difference in the Timing of the Bluebells

Sunday, 17 April 2016

The Difference in the Timing of the Bluebells

It is true that the Bluebells are earlier this year, same woodlands, the first picture taken today, the second was taken 16th May 2013. In the second picture as you can see the trees are in leaf whereas today they are not, and also in the second picture the ferns are appearing. I think this year by the 16th May the Bluebells will have gone to seed.

Because the trees have not come into leaf yet the colour of the bluebells really shone in the sunlight.

1 comment:

Richard Pegler said...: Fascinating! - and beautifully illustrated, Linda! I must go and check on our local bluebell wood soon!

Best wishes - - - Richard; 18 April 2016 at 09:11

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I have taken the title of my blog from Thomas Hardy's fourth novel 'Far From the Madding Crowd' which he wrote in 1874. He took his title from Thomas Gray's poem 'Elegy written in a Country Churchyard' completed in 1750. Thomas Hardy was born in Dorset where he lived for most of his life and where he based the stories in his novels. The word 'madding' means frenzied and there is a sense of freedom I get being out in the countryside and being close to nature away from the frenzied atmosphere of the towns and cities. I live in Dorset and like Thomas Hardy, it is where I have lived for most of my life, my blog is mostly about nature in Dorset. I am a member of the Dorset Wildlife Trust. I will include my garden and anything of interest about the natural world in Britain.