Perhaps it is the way my brain is wired but I just can’t identify wild flowers without hours scratching my head and poring through reference books.   This was the case today when I went to see how the bluebells were developing in Swithland woods.   One or two are starting to show but I think the main show is at least a few days away – perhaps a week.  Anyway, whilst I was walking around the woods I cam across this lovely little flower.   I hadn’t got a clue what it was.  So I captured a few shots and then came home – could I identify it.   Fortunately my wife is a lot more patient than I am and with 10 minutes she had the name Oxalis Acetosella – the Wood Sorrel.   

Apart from this problem I had a really enjoyable morning mooching around the woods.  As usual I got one or two strange looks from other visitors as I lay flat on the flow trying to capture the flowers.   I wish the flowers were at a more convenient level but they are not so the only thing to do is to get down and dirty with plants.   At least it wasn’t muddy – well mostly not.
 

Simon Marchini LRPS

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