Today was really warm - 16 degrees in Bournemouth. Its only 8th of March for goodness sake!
But at least the floods are beginning to recede. Barn Owls will have suffered for certain, and what happened to the voles, and even the earth worms?
Meanwhile I saw my first Red Kite for a while - early spring and birds begin to move around - so I wonder where this one was heading to. Not a regular sight here yet but perhaps it will be before too long. Only last Saturday i saw one from the motorway just east of Basingstoke - and not the first time I've seen one there.
Another first today was a Brimstone butterfly - our vet Keith said he saw one toaday and reading Mark Avery's blog I see he found one as well - so a widespread emergance for this spring insect. Just hope we dont get snow now!
