The mild weather has brought out many of our usual spring visitors: bats over-wintering on the house are hunting over the ponds, and I have been surprised to see, even as early as 30 December, a good number of frogs and newts being active in the waters.
The pair of merlins continue to fly through twice a day and kites have been displaying for a while now. I saw what looked like a great grey shrike flying across the fields recently, and wonder if it could be the same one (if I am right!) I saw in November that has decided to stay for a while.
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