General (county) news

• Bluebells not in flower yet (2 weeks away?) but foliage thickly covering local woods.
• Toads back to breeding ponds (they've crossed their roads etc...).
• Most hirundines back in UK (but waiting on swifts - 3 weeks?).
• Many birds (blackbirds, mallards etc...) sitting on eggs already.
• Local Barn Owls still not in breeding hole(s).
• Weather very unsettled still.