AND WE ARE OFF!
This weeks much forecast sunshine has gradually been down graded, until by yesterday they said it would last just one day. Being off, I kept the day clear. So imagine my distraught when I woke to grey skies, yet again!
This lasted all morning but, lunchtime, the sun at last arrived. The buzzards were up, my first chiffchaff was singing, and I found a Peacock. Eventually, three were seen.
Further on, a Comma was found, again the first of three.
A south facing hedge, on the edge of a Common, is a good spring location for Small Tortoiseshell. Sure enough, I soon found my first of the year.
The next one was clearly a male, as it was flying up at passing bees.
After a flyby, my last of the day was on the edge of a wood. I also saw my first bee-fly here. It just shows what even half a day of sunshine can do!