After a year of regular bad weather, and the feeling that spring would never get here, at last the weather has warmed and grass is growing.
Last weekend the swallows arrived - a single on Sunday and then on monday there were 4 flying around and excitedly chattering overhead.
2 days ago the first house martin returned. I've just been donated some artificial nest boxes for these, so must get them up pretty quickly.
Yesterday in the meadows I heard sedge warbler, blackcap and even a willow warbler for the first time.
So many spring arrivals seem to have all been concentrated into just a week - there must have been huge numbers stacked up somewhere on the continent waiting for the wind to change.
Last night I also saw my first pipestrelle bat for the season.
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