The best known catkins are the so-called lambstails of hazel. These are the male flowers who provide the tiny female flowers with the pollen necessary to make the hazel nuts.
At first golden with pollen, they fade and fall, their job done.
A bit of windy weather also scatters alder catkins on the ground. They are tinged with red and so quite easy to distinguish.
And these furry items are a sign that you are walking under a pussy willow. These have unfortunately blown off before they were ripe.
They too were hoping to be covered in pollen.
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