On a lighter point from my other posts so far today, I not only saw my first bumblebee of the year, I also found my first frog spawn on my lunchtime dog walk around Victoria Park in Glasgow. Both are good signs Spring is finally here.
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Even now, garden cemeteries like this one provide a tranquil green space in the city, as well as an oasis for wildlife.
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Opened in 1840, on what was, until then, farmland, it's typical of the garden cemeteries created in the Victorian era, which were designed as much for the the living to visit as they were a final resting place for the dead.
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Roe deer amongst the gravestones in Sighthill Cemetery in Glasgow this morning.
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First crocuses of the year spotted on this morning's dog walk at Bingham's Pond in the west of Glasgow. It might not seem like it quite yet, but Spring is coming!
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Usually its their sharp, slightly other-worldly cries that first alerts you to their presence, then you look up and see their dark silhouettes against the sky.
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The first geese of the Autumn flying south over Glasgow. Over the next few weeks, countless skeins of migrating geese will pass above the city.
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A young heron using an abandoned rowing boat as a fishing perch on the Forth and Clyde Canal in the Maryhill area of Glasgow.
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One of six herons encountered around the pond in Victoria Park in Glasgow on this morning's dog walk.
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Some wonderfully named Jelly Ear fungus in Victoria Park in the West of Glasgow.
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Early morning bees enjoying the unscottishly warm weather today in Kelvingrove Park in Glasgow.
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Not too sure if there's anything that can be done to prevent it, but it's quite a common occurence along this tow path.
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A newt stranded on the footpath alongside the Forth and Clyde Canal Glasgow that I can across on my run this morning. I moved it into the grass at the side, but at least two others I saw weren't so lucky.
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Buttercup meadow in Queen's Park on the Southside of Glasgow.
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Loved listening to the bird song in Kelvibgrove Square in the West End of Glasgow this morning. It's mostly the high-pitched squeaking of a family of newly fledged long-tailed tits.
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You can see one of the bees itself in the bottom left of the picture.
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A colony of mining bees at Hogganfield Loch in the east of Gladgow. These solitary bees dig nests into sandy soil, creating these distinctive piles of excavated sand on the surface.
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Urban wildlife makes for some unusual photo opportunities.
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First bumblebee of the year for me here in Glasgow. Yet another sign that we're now well into Spring.
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