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2nd: Birding and Mothing
A delightful walk this morning caught fabulous views of a family of Stonechats fence and sapling-hopping in Fruit field whilst calling out to each other. We managed to get fairly close to a youngster and get a half decent shot. It was also wonderful to stand under the Ash trees by Yeti's gate and see and hear this Willow Warbler. The land is filled with bird song at the moment and it's coming from the middle of the land as much as the outer hedgerows it seems. As what were once fields, become more and more filled with vegetation, so we are hearing and seeing the wildlife from all angles and heights. With any luck, it will only get better.
Mothing this afternoon saw 13 of 11 species - we have have lost the easterly winds for a while but the nights are still a tad chilly.
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Great Prominent and Scalloped Hazel
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Brown Silver Line and May High Flier
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3rd: So much going on
It is difficult to know where to look as we walk round the land at the moment. There is sooo much going on. If we crouch on the ground, we see huge colour differences, small movements, invertebrates disappearing in the long grass. Looking up we are met with the brilliance of the flowering hawthorn and emerging saplings. If we peer in the ponds, backswimmers, whirlygigs and pond skaters are immediately on show. Then there is the bird song: warblers and finches are dominating at the moment although the mighty wren is more than holding its own, alongside the 'chatting' of the Stonechat and the melodies of the Skylarks.
Deep breaths in are to be encouraged as we fill our nostrils with the scent of the hawthorn, crab apple, lilac and euphorbias. It's a real sense fest right now and destined to only get better!!

Nursery Spider and a Wolf Spider (species of latter unknown)
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Groundsel and Hawthorn
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Large Red Slug (Arion ater group)
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