This winter was a long and cold one, and in the last week, the temperature has started to feel a little more normal for this time of the year. I took a walk around St. James' and Green Park last weekend. The daffodils were starting to bloom in Green Park, but they were in full bloom in St. James park, and a corner of St. James' park was a yellow carpet.
Bright yellow daffodil
A white and orange daffodil
It was nice to see the daffodils. Daffodils are one of my favourite flowers, and I was disappointed a couple of weeks ago when I missed seeing them due to the cold weather; I had gone on a daffodil charity walk.
Daffodils begin to bloom in Green Park.
I walked past Buckingham Palace, which is between the parks. I took a few photographs here. My favourite photograph location for the palace is next to the fountain and the Queen Victoria statue. The palace was not too busy with tourists.
Buckingham Palace
After visiting the palace, I took a walk a few hundred yards down the Mall, and I was greeted with this fantastic display of yellow daffodils in St. James' park. The photograph does not really do it justice. Also, imagine if the sun had been out.
A yellow carpet of daffodils.
Close-up of a daffodil.
St. James' Park daffodils
My stroll through the park brought me closer to more spring bloossoms. I snapped some photographs of trees in full bloom, such as the one below. I'm not quite sure what type of tree this is; I should have looked at the signage. (In the London parks, there's normally signage to name the types of species in the park.)
Pink spring blossoms
Many birds were also out on the lake in the park. I noted about twelve different species of bird and snapped a few photographs of them. I liked this old fellow, and I've seen him here before.
Bird in St. James' Park
If you are looking for something to do in London at the weekend, then head over to the parks and admire the daffodils and the spring flowers.
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