A spring afternoon at Dunham Massey, one of my favourite local National Trust estates. The deer park and the formal gardens are both well worth the walk in March, even when half the country is still in coats.
I came home convinced I had photographed Snowdrops. I was wrong.
What I shot were Summer Snowflakes (Leucojum aestivum), not Snowdrops (Galanthus). Both are bell-shaped, white, and ankle-height, but Snowdrops carry one flower per stem with longer drooping outer petals and a small green inner mark, while Summer Snowflakes carry three to seven flowers per stem on thicker, more upright stems, each petal tipped with a single green dot.
The green dots in the photo below are the giveaway.
More frames from this visit live on my 500px feed, and if Cheshire-and-Lancashire National Trust walks are your thing the rest live on the photography topic page.
You can browse my published portfolio over at 500px.