David Farrant took these photos:

Fallow deer prints - Hildersham Wood - 26 March

A Mole on the surface - Sluice Wood - 26 Feb.

Mining Bees - the path around Cooks Field - 6 April

Chiffchaffs singing in the old railway cutting

Andy M saw several Chiffchaffs singing in the old railway cutting today, as well as hearing a Willow Warbler somewhere close by.

Sparrowhawk caught in the act!

George thinks this is the culprit for a number of patches of feathers that have been appearing in his High Street gardens, both front and back, lately. On 6 April evening, there was a very loud bang on the window behind his head; when he looked around he saw a number of feathers fluttering down... when he looked through the window to his left, into the rear garden, he saw this feeding going on.

Comma butterfly

Andy M saw this Comma butterfly today, whilst walking in Sluice Woods on Granta Park.  Jennifer reports seeing Commas several times in her garden from mid-March, and there have been several other sightings this year too.

First Orange Tip butterflies reported three weeks earlier than 2016

Jennifer received the first reports of Orange Tip butterflies in Abington this year on 29th/31st March and 2nd/3rd April - around three weeks earlier than last year, 2016, when the first reports were on 19th April.  So signs of this being an early year for butterflies, likely due to the number of warm sunny days recently.

Beefly

There have been quite a few Beeflies around recently, and Andy M saw several Dark-edged Beefly (Bombylius major) feeding on forget-me-nots in his garden this weekend.  He also saw one beefly with a dark shiny black end to the abdomen (no photo) which he believes was a Dotted Beefly (Bombylius discolor) .