Sunday, May 08, 2016
A tree pipit's song stopped me in my tracks during a walk this afternoon.
My first blackcap of the year was heard and then seen, and a cuckoo was heard but not seen. Swallows were swooping and diving, a chiffchaff sang defiantly in the midst of the ubiquitous willow warbler song, and a pair of stonechats scolded from the gorse. A slow worm was on the track.
A note for Friday's post: My first lizard of the year was seen on the descent, and there was a new tick for my hill-walking bird list with grey heron. This makes 63 species in all over the years.
// posted by Christine @ 11:58 AM 
