Snowdrops and Mistletoe

Two surprises from the plant world today...

We have a few snowdrops in the garden. They are all a single-flowered, narrow-leaved variety, Galanthus Nivalis possibly....

(These were photographed up the lane because ours are a poor show so far!)

This year a single snowdrop has appeared which is broad-leaved with quite a distinct flower head....a totally different variety, maybe Galanthus Allenii...

Where it has come from and why, we don't know but it is very welcome!

The other plant puzzling us is Mistletoe. The woods around here are full of the stuff but by this stage in the year there isn't a berry to be seen.

Yesterday whilst walking the Sentes de Fondoire, we spotted these fine specimens, absolutely laden with berries...

We had seen very few birds on our walk. In fact I'd been on the lookout for some to photograph but was out of luck. Does this explain the abundance of berries found on the mistletoe in these trees or are we, well, simply barking up the wrong tree? (sorry!)