Coltsfoot

I found this leaf up by the viewpoint a week or two ago.  It's a bit like the shape of a horse's hoof.

That's why it's called Coltsfoot.  In fact there were a whole lot of them.

Every year I try to catch the flowers in March before they droop and go to seed.  I just managed to get this half blown seed head

I saw these in March 2012

They're a bit like dandelions but with a yellow disc in the middle like a daisy 

Then they droop for a bit like these I spotted in Scotland last April (all the pictures below are from Scotland).

You can tell it's not a dandelion because the stalk has scale leaves on it while a dandelion stalk is bare.

They eventually stand up again with a fluffy seed head.

They're one of the earliest spring flowers, not amazing but I'd just like to see them in flower.