We visited Lauriston Farm today, one of the sites I survey for butterflies. The weather hasn't been good enough to survey over the past week or so and, though we thought when we left the flat that the weather might just become good enough, it ultimately wasn't (too cold and overcast).
However, though we didn't see any butterflies, we were very impressed by the birds we saw and heard. I was particularly happy to see
Meadow Pipits, not an uncommon bird, but one I rarely see. Two of them were chasing each other round the fields and then one of them flew right up into the air singing then flew down again onto the fence. The Meadow Pipit is well known for this song flight and is not to be confused with the superficially similar looking
Skylark, which stays up in the air, singing for long periods of time. We also saw the first
Swallows of the year and a small group of Linnets.
The Hawthorn is starting to come into bloom, always a lovely sight at this time of year.
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