Cuckoo Flower
Rhododendron
Camelia
Have been confined to barracks for a while with bad back and dodgy legs so with tentative steps this morning I had a stroll in the park. It is a glorious morning and the spring shrubs and flowers are in full bloom. The 2 Nuthatch nests look complete but I fear our third pair may have to come to grief - a male is calling as if his life depends on it but no female is in sight. I think it is the pair that has been in our garden most of the winter as we now only have a male visiting the feeder and he is also calling in our garden.
On the way home had a mini raptor 'thermal' above the village comprising of 3 Kestrels and 2 Sparrowhawks - it looks like a good raptor day so will keep looking up in hope of the Red Kite which has been seen in the area twice in the last 2 weeks.
So in the garden we have Tree Sparrows nesting in 3 boxes, Blue Tits in 1, Great Tits in 1 maybe 2 and Dunnocks in the ivy at the bottom of the garden. We also have a male Smooth Newt displaying in the pond but yet to see a female.
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