Dry and Sunny.
A fairly uneventful few weeks have passed since I last added an entry. Many of the Summer visitors have appeared over the last weeks, not least a Cuckoo could be heard from the garden last week. The first I have heard here for several years. There are plenty of Swallows and House Martins about the village too. I have heard a Blackcap singing in the hedge at the bottom of the garden, although I've not seen it. Several Chiff Chaffs are about the area making their presence known with their distinctive call. A pair of Hedge Sparrows are nesting in our large Clematis Montana " Rubens ". They are making dozens of visits a day, now, to the nest so must have youngsters there.
Only one unusual visitor to the garden recently, a Green Woodpecker, on the feeders.Quite a few Butterflies about now that the weather has warmed up. Peacocks, Orange Tips and a Speckled Wood have all been noticed, along with a few Red Tailed Bumble Bees. Many young Rabbits about the verges too, with a lot of them failing to out run the traffic.
The first fledgling I have seen this year was a Mistle Thrush being fed by one adult in a small grass paddock nearby.