According to the radio this morning the bluebells are already out in some parts of the country. A long walk in Cowcroft Wood showed that this was not the case here, in the way of flowers the celendines are just starting to bloom but not the bluebells although parts of the wood will probably be magnificent once they are out. By way of birds there were just the usual tits, blackbirds and robins plus some woodpeckers. A green was very vocal but we only had a very brief glimpse as it flew away. A great spotted posed at a little distance. Curiously we ran into a friend from London in the middle of the wood, as Pratchett says, "million to one chances happen all the time".
Once upon a time you could find me birding on the Thames marshes almost every weekend through the winter. For various reasons I am now seldom able to travel to good birding sites. I am lucky, however, to live in the beautiful Chiltern Hills and this blog is to document the birds that I see on my own patch.