What have you seen

An interesting afternoon for me too. I went for a bike ride and along with the Lapwings, and Oystercatchers I saw an Eider Duck and heard both Willow and Reed Warblers, but the highlight was a weasel which ran out onto the road carrying a mole in its mouth, which it dropped on spotting me, and scurried back into the hedge. Then tonight, while talking to a fellow CT member on the phone, I looked out of the window onto our back garden and spotted a Field Mouse climbing down and into one of our fat ball feeders. It was there for perhaps 20 mins munching away, but ran off just as I went out to take a photo of it.

We do see and hear lots of Skylarks on our walks round about.

What have I seen today, not a lot!

Had a morning stroll up Pendle Hill, no people, no birds, good to be up there though 🙂

Walking back saw plenty of wheatear, but very little else.

Cotton grass is just coming out on the moors and looks almost like snow from a distance, beautiful.

Plenty of birds on the garden feeders though 🙂

Isn't it good of nature to get the Hawthorn to flower after the Blackthorn has just finished?

Watching Starlings catching May flies on the wing. Very adept at it. We have a lot of Buzzards around here and I'm beginning to recognise the markings ion one or two of them, particularly as they seem to be sticking to their own patch now.

Have had the Hoopoe outside our lounge window for the last few days walking around the grass locking for insects  and what a strong beak even had a couple times he raised his crest what a lovely sight and he does walk about quite quickly also  had the Nightingale singing all last night as we are sleeping in the caravan he is a lot closer to us even OH said gosh he is loud and a lot of different notes, plenty of butterflies about today with the sun back out Pearly Heath Small Copper, Large Wall and Small Blues.

 Have spotted Long Tailed Tits, and Garden Warbler, and heard Chiffchaffs and I thing Blackcap, over the last couple of days during our walks through t h e local woods.

Close crop of leg ring, any suggestions as to the last character 9 or 7?.

I will try the BTO later.

I can’t read it either, greylag.

Swifts are back here, today. Just checked my lists and it was May 5th when we 1st saw them locally last year.

1st of the season a Black Veined White on my flowers today and a very rare sighting of  Ladybird Spider (Eresus Cinnebarinus) hence the local name on top of my car they have been seen in the UK on RSPB Arne reserve.

Plenty of butterflies about even saw a few fresh Glanville Fritillary yesterday on my walk down the road and into local field with lots of butterflies about.

Nightingale singing again today whilst I was varnishing two wooden pots about 3 metres away from me in a oak tree and did manage a glimpse of it.

Has a stroll down to Sawley this morning, beautiful, sunny day.

Saw redstart in the oak trees down there, another tick for us year list. 🙂

Just been watering my plants in the polytunnel there was a Turtle Dove calling great to hear.

Have got both Black Redstart and the Common Redstart here and both are nesting around our garden one has even tried to nest in our loft but gone elsewhere.