More birds!

There's a lot of bird activity around the neighbouring gardens. Coal Tits, Great Tits, Blue Tits, Blackbirds and Robins all appear to be nesting as they are often seen with food in their bills.

Blackbird

Blue Tit

Robin

On my daily exercise walk this morning there were even more birds - a fly-over Raven and a singing Chiffchaff were encountered near Fairlawn Road. At the station there were more Robins and a Dunnock made an appearance. A pair of Magpies were building a nest near the footbridge.

Spot the Raven

Dunnock

Some good insects around too - a Common Carder Bee, my first of the spring plus lots of Buff-tailed Bumblebees and Honeybees were buzzing around the Green Alkanet in Fairlawn Road. A Common Earwig was a nice surprise as I don't see that many on the patch. There was a supporting cast of a Green Shieldbug, Eristalis pertinax hoverfly and a Wolf Spider. At the station there was a probable Chocolate Mining Bee and at Station Road a Platycheirus hoverfly.

Common Earwig

Honeybee

Common Carder Bee