Chilly today with a little rain. There was a small solitary bee in one of the dandelion flowers perhaps slowed by the cold.
A shoot has emerged at the top of the grey willow (sallow) I cut back to one metre in height last autumn. The whole plant does not look in very good condition - perhaps it is growing too close to the tall birch, but the new shoot looks healthy enough. I think maybe I shall call the tall birch Alta Betula and the short one Parva Betula.
There is a light snowfall of wild cherry petals blown from the trees further down the garden and some creature has dug a snuffle hole in the patch of bare earth just south of the oak cordon. Maybe a badger.
