The Grass is Never Greener

 Not even IN the traps but clinging on doggedly to the wooden fence palings on a bit of a

Frosty Morning

another most welcome
First for the Year

FROSTED GREEN
somewhat appropriate!
Continuing with the 'green theme' the

GREEN ALKANET

is having a bumper year and question is have the

MUTE SWANs

finally constructed this years nest?? We'll keep our own council on that until we see eggs and keep you posted!

PERIWINKLE

was another welcome find before heading off to the more northern ponds

where all that was found were the c4 male and single female

TUFTED DUCKs
with one of the males still reluctant to be clicked.

From the main Solar Panel Compound just brief glimpses of a brace of
RED LEGGED PARTRIDGE

maybe lending a little more credence to the theory that the c2 found about a mile away, earlier in the month are in fact different birds??
Also there were a couple of

LAPWING

hopefull prospecting yet another nest site, along with this

MISTLE THRUSH

doubtless feeding young as early nesters while back at HQ our first

LARGE WHITE BUTTERFLY

of the year with a Larvea image taken from the archive just as pre-warning as to what will be visiting your Cabbage Patch in the near future!

along with only our second

and this time perched

SWALLOW
of the year as usual favouring the tennis court netting support.