May 15, 2024

Dawn chorus



5:30am on a somewhat cloudy and slightly cool May morning, sitting with a flask of green tea and the birds, which are hiding but in full Spring song:

In the mix the Merlin app reckons on:

Wren, Song Thrush, Blackcap, Crow, Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Robin, Greenfinch, Blue tit, Collared dove and Goldcrest.

White dead-nettle

White dead-nettles in foreground, stinging nettles at back right Patches of stinging nettles are left around the Reserve for the benefit of ...