With the season almost at an end now, and high winds & rain battering us this morning in Bristol, I thought I'd cheer myself up by having a look back at some of the highlights of 2009
Even though it doesn't look like I'll meet my original target, I've still seen some 600 new species between mid-February & now, so I suppose it hasn't been a bad season
They're not necessarily in any firm order, although generally it runs from earliest to most recent...
Green Snowdrop (
Galanthus ikariae); Frenchay Churchyard, Bristol, 22nd February
Yellow Crocus (
Crocus x stellaris); Oldbury-on-Severn, Gloucestershire, February 18th
Winter Aconite (
Eranthis hyemalis); Frenchay Hospital, Bristol, February 22nd
Spring Crocus (
Crocus vernus); Frenchay Churchyard, Bristol, February 22nd
Wilson's Honeysuckle (
Lonicera nitida); Edford Woods, Somerset, April 2nd
Glory-of-the-snow (
Chionodoxa forbesii); Frenchay Churchyard, Bristol, 21st March
Turkish Squill (
Scilla bithynica); Leigh Woods, Bristol, 18th April
Bristol Rock-cress (
Arabis scabra); Avon Gorge, Bristol, 19th March
Garden Arabis (
Arabis caucasica); Mells, Somerset, 20th March
Siberian Squill (
Scilla sibirica); Mells, Somerset, 20th March