Oakham in Bloom Spring Flowers Around Cricket Lawns Oakham Rutland Photographs

Snow Drops at Farm near Catmose

Did you know that soldiers were so enchanted by snowdrops that they brought them back from the Crimean War battlefields to plant in their gardens

Galanthus (Snowdrop; Greek gála "milk", ánthos "flower")

Crocus (plural: crocuses, croci)

 Spring Sunshine

While male blackbirds live up to their name, confusingly, females are actually brown, often with spots and streaks on their breasts.