I've been away for a few days on some unplanned time off, so it's great to be back to see the reserve looking fresh, vibrant and green, with the first bluebells now appearing as well.
The birds are slowly arriving as well, blackcaps, willow warblers, wheatears, swallows, sand martins and house martins have all been sighted, but we still await the first cuckoo's and garden warblers.Several cuckoo's are being tracked on their journeys from Africa and they are still presently in Italy and France. With northerly winds at the moment it may be a fair bit longer before they do arrive back here, but we look forward to hearing that exciting first call of the cuckoo!