One of the very few flowers in Victoria Park, Cardiff, during these pandemic days
Here are some of the snapshots I took on a recent visit to Victoria Park – it makes you realise what hard work the Parks department usually do to bring colour with seasonal bedding plants. The flower beds are almost bare this year…
A sad flowerbed
A frosty day
The beach volleyball courts are abandoned…
…and the tennis courts, covered in dead leaves
A conifer…
…possibly a larch?
The unmistakable suckers at the base of a lime/linden tree
…very colourful
I saw movement up in the tree but couldn’t quite get this goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) into focus
Last year’s linden seeds
This old tree is in a real mess…
…a branch has ripped off to leave a scar…
…there are burrs…
…bark has disappeared…
…and there is a white fungus I haven’t yet identified
Frosted buttercup and daisy leaves
A grand old tree on the edge of the park…
…with a flourishing fern
I hope to discover more about Victoria Park now I will be visiting monthly to see the Lombardy poplar I am following…
The Squirrelbasket 
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