Yellow Flag Irises in Lochend Park for 30 Days Wild

I was teaching at the Ripple Project in Lochend today and I got an early bus so I could have a proper walk round the park (I always pop into the park, but usually only have time to say hello to the ducks before it's time to go to class).

It was a lovely morning and the park looked at its best

Not least because the yellow flag irises are in full bloom at the moment and look wonderful

The whitebeams are also in full bloom

There are some young birds on the loch (though not as many as I had hoped to see). Mother mallard looks very proud of her brood

and there are also a couple of goslings

One of the things that always fascinates me about Lochend Park is the number of submerged trees in the loch,

Look carefully at the photo above and you may see a grey heron resting on the roots of one of the fallen trees

The yellow flag irises in Lochend Park are one of the seasonal floral displays I try to catch every year alongside the snowdrops at Cammo, the bluebells at Dalkeith Country Park, the crocuses in the Meadows and the cherry trees all around town (but especially in the Meadows).

What are your favourite seasonal floral displays?

For 30 Days Wild.