to one and all - better late than never!!!
For as long as I can remember, with the advent of a new year I always look for signs of Spring - not for early or late seasons but simply to convince myself that Spring is on the way and Mother Nature has not forgotten us. It may be some weeks away but these signs do help to lighten the spirits and lift the gloom. The signs so far to name but a few - catkins on alder and hazel, buds on cherry trees and horse chestnut trees, birds starting to display in particular dunnocks and robins and blackbirds pairing. In the past I have found nests with eggs of blackbirds mid January but I dont think that will happen this year.
I have not seen any hares on my patch since last October but yesterday I saw two racing round a winter wheat field. However the highlight of the day was the sighting of eight buzzards circling overhead at a height almost beyond the vision of the naked eye.
All good signs for me but I readily appreciate that it will be a different story north and south of my patch. No pics on this occasion I'm afraid.
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