Birds

Chiffchaff, House Martin, Robin, Magpie, Jackdaw, Buzzard, Goldfinch, Rook, Herring Gull, Wood Pigeon, Jay, Mistle Thrush (up to 5), Great Spotted Woodpecker, Blackbird, Wren, Raven, Black-headed Gull, Greenshank, Swallow, Canada Goose.

Plants coming into flower

Dovesfoot Cranesbill (8th), Atlantic Ivy (15th), Hazel catkins (24th)

Plants continuing to flower

Narrow-leaved Hawkweed, Red Campion, Ivy-leaved Toadflax, Ribwort Plantain, Creeping Cinquefoil, Creeping Thistle, Tutsan, Ragwort, Dog Violet, Scentless Mayweed, Meadow Vetchling.

Insects

Red Admiral (1st); Large White, Honey Bee, Leatherjacket, Devil’s Coach-horse, Large Yellow Underwing, Field Grasshopper (15th); Common Carder Bee, Speckled Wood, Hoverflies Episyrphus balteatus (“Marmalade fly”) and Meliscaeva auricollis or M. cinctella (18th); Small White, Comma, Bluebottle, Greenbottle, Flesh Fly (19th); Yellow Meadow Ant (nest disturbed 29th but present throughout); Common Wainscot (disturbed during most mowing or strimming sessions this month).

Other creepy-crawlies

Harvestman, Earthworm, Woodlice, Centipede

Fungi

Puffball (Calvatia sp), Field Mushroom, Boletus sp (large, reddish cap), another Boletus sp (brown cap showing yellow where damaged or eaten away, possibly Yellow-cracking Bolete; small, slender, white conical fungus possibly Ivory Slime Cap.

Mammals

Field Vole (disturbed on 29th)