30th April from the West Cliff Green, Bournemouth
The shelter looks old but was rebuilt a few years ago out of modern materials but retaining the original design.
27th April from the West Cliff Green, Bournemouth
Heavy grey clouds leaving just a knife edge narrow strip out over the bay where the sun shines through with an intense silver light on the water.
26th April from the West Cliff Green, Bournemouth
Gulls circle on the updraughts their voices growing more faint as they spiral upwards.
25th April from the West Cliff Green, Bournemouth
A myriad silver daisies glitter on the green grass of the West Cliff in just the way a myriad little ripples shimmer and shine on the blue water of the bay.
24th April from the West Cliff Green, Bournemouth
Clouds are white, puffy and non-threatening.
23rd April from the West Cliff Green, Bournemouth
At first I think that is a bird on the end of a slender branch over the path but it is, in fact, a squirrel picking and eating the delicate green leaf buds and discarding the debris on the tarmac below
21st April from the West Cliff Green, Bournemouth
A pigeon on a post can’t be bothered to fly away when I approach.
20th April from the West Cliff Green, Bournemouth
The greenfinches are in full voice today and every gorse bush and tree contains at least one.
19th April from the West Cliff Green, Bournemouth
Two women and a dog add scale to the scene as they cross the greensward towards the trees.
18th April from the West Cliff Green, Bournemouth
The sea is blue and sparkles when the sun is out and little, white-topped waves chase into the shore with a playful exuberance.
17th April from the West Cliff Green, Bournemouth
The ancient dead holm oak still frames the view
16th April from the West Cliff Green, Bournemouth
The sea reflects the rippling, corrugated grey of the sky.
15th April from the West Cliff Green, Bournemouth
Big bubbly white and grey clouds stream out across the sky to form slabs and layers covering a quarter of the blue at a time.
14th April from the West Cliff Green, Bournemouth
White caps trailing out across the grey under clouds a shade of clay.
13th April from the West Cliff Green, Bournemouth
The weather is crazy, veering backwards and forwards between bright sunshine and cloud.
12th April from the West Cliff Green, Bournemouth
The sky is a huge panorama of enormous cloud shapes - Big bubbling white cumulus cut across by flate grey steel plates and smeared by white trails.
11th April from the West Cliff Green, Bournemouth
Sycamore leaves unfurl with their pinky edges whilst the hazel bush is covered in soft green.