This morning the air was full of birdsong - chaffinches, song and mistle thrushes, blackbirds, wrens, robins, blue and great tits, and several dunnocks, each offering their particular song and suggesting that spring isn't too far away. The sun shone, and I thought I heard snatches of another distant song we've not really heard over the winter, and one which always brightens the day - within minutes a stunning male yellowhammer appeared on the hedge beside me, surprisingly unconcerned and almost seeming to pose for photos as it sang. As if that wasn't treat enough, the bubbling song of a curlew took me by complete surprise, and made the day doubly good, as it flew over and away across the Wern fields.
We arrived home to find another surprise - pair of red-legged partridge in the garden, plus a brambling and reed bunting amongst the siskins and goldfinches. Here's hoping that if we have another taste of winter over the next few days, it doesn't last long!
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