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Stratford sub Castle Village Website
Salisbury, Wiltshire UK
Spring Images
 Weeping Cherry in blossomat the Reading Room. Image: KMOC "Loveliest of trees, the cherry now Is hung with bloom along the bough," A. E. Housman |  SwallowsA male (left of image with red head) and female swallow perching on the telephone wires near Mill Lane. 6 May 2022 |  Blue Tit in Nestbox3 days ago there wasn't any nesting material in this nestbox in Stratford. Despite the overnight frosts of the past few days, a nest is now under construction. 3 April 2022 Image: triggered by the occupant. |
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 Lesser Celandine, (Ficaria verna), Stratford RoadSpotted & identified by John Winders "The first I've seen in flower this year." 25 Feb 2022. Image: Rosemary Winson |  Snowdrops by Little DurnfordSpreading down The Avenue 25 Feb 2022 Image: Rosemary Winson |  Hare near Keeper's CottageTwo were running around the field. 25 Feb 2022 Image: Rosemary Winson |
 Sweet Violets (Viola odorata) on the protected verge16 February 2022 |  Tete-a-Tete daffodillsPlanted some years' ago under the Village Noticeboard by the Garden Club. 17 Feb 2022 |  Hazel catkinsby the pedestrian bridge, end of Mill Lane 14 February 2022 |
 Stinking hellebore (foreground)Stinking hellebore, Helleborus foetidus, in flower in the verge opposite Old Sarum View, is a native, poisonous member of the Buttercup family. There aren’t many plants in flower in February and this with green flowers is easily missed. Description: Kerry O'Connor February 2022 |  Keeper's cottageSnowdrops on the bank. 7 February 2022 |  Snowdrops in the churchyard7 February 2022 |
 SnowdropsBy the churchyard gate 1 Feb 2022 |  Winter Aconites & snowdropsThe Winter Aconites have a distinctive ruff of leaves under the flowers. (Previously incorrectly labelled as celandines.) Outside the school. 24 January 2022 |  Spring is on its way!Image: Barbara Mayall January 2022 |
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