Priddy Snowdrops

Snowdrops - Priddy, Somerset, UK. ID JB_3898

Snowdrops – Priddy, Somerset, UK. ID JB_3898

Priddy

This village sits high up in the Mendip Hills.  It has a church, shop, a pub and a central green and lots of social events.  So it is a really good village!

Church of St Lawrence - Priddy, Somerset, UK. ID 825_2433

Church of St Lawrence – Priddy, Somerset, UK. ID 825_2433

The village is surrounded by beautiful countryside.  Alongside its country lanes are patches of snowdrops.

Snowdrops - Priddy, Somerset, UK. ID JB_3951

Snowdrops – Priddy, Somerset, UK. ID JB_3951

Roadside snowdrops are troublesome to photograph.  Traffic covers the little white flowers in grime.

Snowdrops - Priddy, Somerset, UK. ID JB_3907

Snowdrops – Priddy, Somerset, UK. ID JB_3907

So you need to invest the time to walk around and find the best flowers.

Snowdrops - Priddy, Somerset, UK. ID JB_3686

Snowdrops – Priddy, Somerset, UK. ID JB_3686

And finally…

By the time I visited Priddy the snowdrops were beginning to turn.  Bees were pottering about the flower heads.

As they flower so early, snowdrops do not rely on pollinators to reproduce. Instead, they spread via bulb division. However, they may still be visited by bees and other insects on a particularly warm day. Woodland Trust

It did not feel like it, but perhaps today was one of those particularly warm days?

Snowdrops and Bee - Priddy, Somerset, UK. ID JB_4051

Snowdrops and Bee – Priddy, Somerset, UK. ID JB_4051

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