Sound of spring

 

After the H&S checks I had a walk around a part of St. Aidans that I had not visited before. It was pleasant in the winter sunshine and I was pleased to see my first skylark of the year.

I called in at the Lin Dike end of Fairburn on my way home. I joined another birder at a viewing screen who told me what he had seen. A little egret was close by and a great white egret was a bit further down the lagoon.

I had a walk around Askham Bog and the air was full of bird song. Siskins were busily feeding in the alders. I put some seed on fence posts and blackbirds, blue, great, coal, willow and long tailed tits came down to feed, but still no sign of nuthatch or treecreeper.