Although I have been familiar with bluebells in woods since my childhood, it is still a sight I try to see every year. Bluebells are only wild in western Europe and I think restricted to UK, France and Spain (though the Spanish variety is different).
I find that the beauty of a woodland carpeted with bluebells is very hard to convey in photos. In the foreground you see individual flowers and in the background the flowers combine to form a "haze".
This Saturday we got up early to see them at about 07:00. They have flowered a few weeks earlier this year. I often think of them being at their best around May Day but they were probably at their peak a week ago.
In many bluebell woods there are also patches of wild garlic. They usually flower at the same time too. This Saturday was no exception and there were whole banks covered with white blooms.
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2007-04-30 @ 16:01