Yew Flowers

Male flowers of a small yew tree, Taxus baccata. 

This is the whole tree:

Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2014-03-09.

Cowslip

Flowers of cowslip, Primula veris.

Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2014-03-08.

Larch Cones

Female cones of a larch tree (Larix decidua). 

Even though I lived near larch woods for much of the first half of my life, I was surprised to come across these red flower-like growths on what otherwise looked like dead branches.

The male cones are larger and not as pretty:

Photos taken in Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2014-03-09.

Blowfly

From last spring, a yellow-faced blowfly: Cynomya mortuorum (Diptera: Calliphoridae).

Photos taken in in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2013-05-05.

Moth

From last summer: a rather bluish Autographa gamma (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) moth.

Photo taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2013-08-11.