I thought I had better post something to remind people I’m still here but this has been the worst May I can remember. Cold, wet and devoid of birds. Even as I write, with the fine weather of the last couple of days, I have still seen very few Swifts and none of the traditional Swallow nest sites in our road are occupied. Warblers too seem generally down with hardly any Lesser Whitethroat heard and very few Willow Warblers.
The odd good bird sighting there has been unfortunately hasn’t
fallen to me with Chris having a pair of Hobbies hunting insects over Thrintoft
and my wife a Red Kite no more than ten feet above the car as she drove over
Morton bridge.
I had to settle for much more mundane fare but I did notch
up four pairs of Yellow Wagtail along the river which is the best total for a couple
of years
an out of place Corn Bunting briefly tested my ID skills...
And this Skylark was unusually confiding on Back Lane in Morton…
Butterflies have also been rather elusive, I have only seen a single Speckled Wood and no Brimstones this year but I did see my first Wall this week…
The strange spring also seems to have held back many plants
but one that has really thrived this year is Cowslip, and I have seen more than
in any other year I can remember…
I did also add a couple of plants to the village list, neither rare but I have obviously missed them before, Ivy-leaved Toadflax…
And Thyme-leaved Speedwell…
I’ll finish off with one of the few benefits of the wet month, some superb rainbows…
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