- Bank holiday monday here today, so I took the opportunity to get up at sparrowfart (4am) and drive to my favourite bluebell wood, near Nettlbed in Oxfordshire, in time for the sun to rise.
- Unfortunately the sun didn't really rise - very overcast, very flat light, but I got some half decent shots anyhoo.
- Also in the wood were a roe deer, maybe half a dozen muntjac (landing all over the place (in joke)) and a tawny owl.
- In my opinion, the bluebells are not as prolific as last year.
- The swift that spends the nights in our roof (we still hope that its a female) is spending more and more time in front of the camera - and the local house sparrow population are giving her quite a lot of grief. They had months to move into the hole though, and chose not to, so I have no idea why they are so insistent on sitting by the roof space entrance and shrieking constantly!
- I'm still going for a May 4th first egg, Anna May 6th...
- First potato plants appear above ground this week (three weeks after planting on April 10th).
- First bit of proper rain over this weekend - yesterday evening and this morning especially.
- Off to my annual bluebell pilgrimage in an adjoining county tomorrow at dawn, weather permitting...
