Some uplifting sights on January 5th

A short walk along the lanes and woodlands in the dry (!) today, revealed:

Snowdrops along the river,

In the damp woods, new fronds of the hard shield fern,

and leaves of wild garlic.

Fructose 'beard' lichen blown off trees

and the tree lungwort in fruit.

Opposite-leaved golden saxifrage just in bud covering the soaking woodland floor.

 Along the field edge, straggly red campion, lending sudden colour,

 

and the ubiquitous hogweed...

Delightful harbingers of spring along the hedges; the barren strawberry

  the lesser celandine or pilewort

and, of course, the primrose