Catkins

We looked a little closer at the grey cold damp wintery hedgerow this weekend…  it’s all going on!

Male catkins releasing pollen to the pretty pink female flowers…

My pics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/58480027@N02/sets/72157639925566735/

There’s a video showing the process here: http://www.arkive.org/hazel/corylus-avellana/video-09.html