Had a garden tick today - a Red Kite flew over heading east quite high up.
I was gardening today as it was a beautiful day, 16/17oC apparently. Also in evidence were my first butterflies of the year: Small Toitoiseshell, Peacock, Comma and Brimstone - all looking very smart and fresh. Also had a few Bees and even several ladybirds! Beats looking at ducks and gulls...
Lots of birds singing/displaying today: Skylark, Lapwing and Kestrel and several nest-building: Robin, Blackbird, Tree Sparrow.
I was doing the same the other day and kept hearing lapwing, turns out it was starling mimicry, absolutely nailed the call its incredible! So now I have Had lapwing and curlew impersonating starlings!
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