Scorching Lound (temperature not the birds!)

An unseasonally hot morning at Lound this morning revealed a couple of Orange Tip (male) butterflies by the causeway and I heard my first scolding call of a Lesser Whitethroat of the year.

Further the mournful calls eventually revealed a fine male Bullfinch that briefly posed in atree over hanging the road. A faint but distinctive call of a Cuckoo, also my first of the year.

A Sedge Warbler sang from deep within a bush.

A look around Ashby revealed little.

In the garden at 2.15pm this afternoon a fine male Orange Tip was seen flying around.

The Dunnock was seen again on the lawn this time in the back garden.