10th April 2022 - Spring is coming and the birds were starting to become much more evident, singing for their territories, and mates, along the Old Railway Cutting. The first butterflies and bumblebees were also starting to appear in amongst the early flowers.
Chiffchaff on old Hemlock stems
Singing Chiffchaff
Singing Chiffchaff
Blackcap - a really quite cross one!
Male Yellowhammer
Wren
Wren
Dunnock
Female Pied Wagtail
Female Pied Wagtail - hunting in the rough grass
Buff-tailed Bumblebee on Blackthorn blossom
Small Tortoiseshell butterfly - one of the first of the year!
Tree Bumblebee - feeding from Ground Ivy flowers.
Note the gingery thorax.
Snowflake
Old Thistle seedheads
Ground Ivy
Wild Crabapple blossom
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