Out taking my permitted exercise accompanied by Lapwings, Curlew, Oystercatchers, Skylarks and a Buzzard
Out taking my permitted exercise accompanied by Lapwings, Curlew, Oystercatchers, Skylarks and a Buzzard
It’s cracking flags down here. Adders spotted basking on the Downs this morning.
First swallow outside the house.
Don't roll with a pig in poo. You get covered in poo and the pig likes it.
Couple of swallows on Monday evening when I was out for my early evening walk. Two days earlier than last year.
Sand Martins by the Wharfe in Otley. Bluebells are starting and stitchwort.
Brimstone butterflies, one in my garden yesterday, one in the Outwoods today. Plenty of wood anemones in the Outwoods, and the first bluebells coming through.
In his lifetime he suffered from unreality, as do so many Englishmen.
Jorge Luis Borges
I've waited over 20 years for the first sighting of a red kite over Monmouth. As I sat down on the patio for supper this evening one rose majestically from my garden! Huge birds and so distinctive from the crowds of buzzards that live around here. Well chuffed.
Down in Lathkill Dale this afternoon saw my first Orange Tip and first bluebell of 2020. Still waiting for first swallow and hearing my first Cuckoo.
Visibility good except in Hill Fog
They are very nice Wheeze. There are some from Harewood House that fly over east Leeds and they are just a pleasure to watch.
On today's bike ride other than the usual songbirds, a few curlew and lapwing, I also saw a nuthatch which flew out of the verge right in front of me. I've not seen one in the open before. Also a hare that lolloped up the road in front of me for about 50yds before disappearing into a field and finally, I stopped to pick up a large toad that was in the middle of the road, and I put it in the shady verge.
Visibility good except in Hill Fog