Yet more Spring..........

Today we woke to an unexpectedly sunny morning and foregoing the usual Sunday morning full English breakfast headed off to the woods.

Our first spot was a pair of Skylarks actually on the ground, unfortunately too far away and too "ground" coloured to get a picture. The sound of them singing on high though was a joy!

Our best spot of the day was a Little Owl perched in a tree. We managed to get close enough to get a really good view of it (and a picture!).

Back at home our garden was visited by our first Chiffchaff.

Here are a few pictures of the day:



Celandine - a beautiful Spring flower

 Our garden Chiffchaff

 

A Dunnock also known as a Hedge Sparrow

 Greater Stitchwort

 

 A much easier to spot Little Owl!

 

 A magpie with an extremely small stick

(don't think it will do much for the nest)

 

A beautiful Blue Tit in the garden



Signs of Spring - finally!

This Winter has been very long and grey but at last we have green shoots, birds song and flowers in bloom.........

We have discovered that the woods a short hop, skip and a jump from our house are a veritable treasure trove of wildlife. All this through Twitter (which we have just discovered). On Tuesday we spent 5 hours wandering the footpaths and met Dave who tweets daily on sightings. He showed us where the Barn Owl roosts - wonderful! We caught a glimpse of the owl asleep in the rafters.

Yesterday (Saturday) we had an evening walk and were guided by a fellow bird enthusiast to the Barn Owl in his day roost in a hole in an ash tree. Then we saw another on our wish list - Little Owls! 2 in an oak tree.

 

Barn Owl

Catkins      

Daffodils

Little Owls - 2 - spot them if you can

Pheasant in full breeding plumage

Pussy Willow

Silver Birch bark