Spring has rushed on irrespective of our situation,
nature taking advantage of our absence to display in all its splendor,
indifferent to a human public but there for all to see, even in cities, just as
long as we know how to look.
We are lucky: we have it on our doorstep, and never
have I felt so grateful than during this period of confinement. Now we can go for walks and very recently
move within the province, but we’re doing very little of that, preferring to
stay home and walk locally.
We should have had several
groups from Britain and Denmark but it wasn’t to be. Instead I’ve been out
discovering all that has appeared over the last few weeks.
We've had some major surprises.
I leave you with the
photographs of the birds and the beasts of our local patch.
Visiting Red-backed shrike
Red-striped oil beetle laying eggs
Berberomeloe majalis
Calandra lark
Clouded yellow Colias crocea
Northern wheatear
Thekla lark
guess who! Cuckoo
European pond turtle Emys orbicularis rescued from the road
Western dappled white Euchloe crameri
Feeding time
Greenfinches and nesting material
Hoopoe
Queen of Spain fritillary Issoria lathonia
Sooty copper Lycaena t. bleusi
Meadow brown Maniola jurtina
Great spotted cuckoo
on Harrier watch
Spanish sparrow
Lesser spotted woodpecker
Bath white Pontia daplidice
Psammodromus manuelae
Serin serenade
Singing on a satellite
Spotless starling
Stonechat Linnet Wheatear
Thekla lark
Woodlark
Painted lady Vanessa cardui
Our stork
Woodchat shrike at sunset
urban Wren
Young Stonechat
Young Woodlark
Melodious warbler
