14th May

Over the last week the highlight has been Reed Warbler in the Magic Garden. This is the fourth year in succession there has been a singing bird here and it was still present at the time of writing. Surely breeding must be on the cards soon?

Down Potter Lane in Morton I saw seven Yellow Wagtails…

And more surprisingly a Sedge Warbler singing from a hedge here in the middle of arable fields.

Nice too to have a shot of Linnet at eye level rather than a silhouette against a bright sky..

Insect interest is rapidly growing. I thought this was a solitary wasp when I first saw it patrolling the edge of a half-dug rabbit hole but it’s actually a nomad bee, I think either a Panzer Nomad(!) or a Fork-jawed Nomad…

this is a fresh Green Carpet moth…

And this is the earliest Wall I’ve recorded in the parish (seen today)

And this was the scene over the Magic Garden lake on Tuesday evening . There was surprisingly little coming to feed on this vast feast…