Snowdrops

The deep woods around Dunrobin seem barren places at this time of year, with even the fungi keeping their heads down, but the area just to the south of the castle where we spotted the first snowdrops almost a fortnight ago is now....

....carpeted with them.

That there are so many and that they're so early may be caused by the weather, which is unseasonably warm. Yesterday's maximum was 8C and the thermometer didn't drop much below 6C overnight, and this warmth is expected to continue.

Not that the snowdrops are yet in full flower: we have that pleasure to look forward to.