Trees:

• Plum
• Cherry
• Blackthorn (Sloe)
• May (Hawthorn) -- seen in water meadows between Marston and Oxford's South Parks Road
• Magnolia

Shrubs

• Forsythia

Plants

• Daffodil
• Primrose
• Dandelion (only a few at the moment)

There are some pollen producing trees but I haven't been able to identify them yet.

Flowers seen in bloom in the last few days around Oxford and Headington:

Plants

• Daffodil
• Hyacinth
• Primrose

Trees

• Magnolia
• Plumo
• Blackthorn (Sloe)

I've started to see a couple Dandelions. They'll be in force soon.

More extreme weather this week as Storm Gareth hit the UK. Oxfordshire experienced high winds gusting up to around 40 knots. This caused Hive D to blow over.

I discovered the stricken hive on Monday afternoon. The hive straps had held it together so it had only fallen over on one side. I put a veil on and placed it on its stand. Amazingly no bees came out of the hive. When I looked in through the door there were no bodies on the floor of the hive.