Yockletts Bank (Kent Wildlife Trust) by Martin Washford
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Yockletts is a woodland park, consisting of beech, hazel, holly and other deciduous trees. Sprint erupts with a carpet of wood anemone.
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| Carpet of wood anemone |
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| Wood anemone close-up |
The anemone then give way to the familiar carpet of bluebell, in between which, a number of other spring flowers can be seen, including lesser celandine
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| Lesser celendine |
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| Violet |
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| Emerging cowslip |
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| Twayblades are making an appearance too |
Yockletts is famous for its variety of orchids, the twayblade being the first, followed by early purple.
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| Pussy willow [taken with 65mm macro lens] |
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| Primrose |
Bee-fly
Whilst walking back to the car I heard a noise that sounded like a swarm of bees. On checking this out I could only locate 3 or 4 'bee-like' individuals. Once home, I checked out the images in detail and found them to be bee-flies. When flying they are much louder than common or bumble bees.
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| Bee-fly feeding on primrose |
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| Bee-fly resting |
A few brimstone were there too.
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| Brimstone |
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| Downy pigeon feather caught in leaves |
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| Wild clematis left over from last year |
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