The Sun Finally Comes out for a Walk Around the Cemetery and Woodland Burial Ground.

 The sun finally came out today after days of depressingly grey skies. It was still only 5C, however, and, with a very chill force 3 easterly wind, I had misjudged the layers of clothing I was wearing. It was quiet on the bird front with only 16 species, although it was interesting to ring the changes with dunnock in the woodland burial ground and a flock of linnets over the Horsefield. It was good to see them back after wintering on the salt marsh. I was also pleased to catch a noisy group of sparrows in one the gardens on my way out of the cemetery. Although, I know where I can regularly find them locally, these once common garden birds are rare in my garden.

I am regularly finding plants in flower as the year progresses. Snowdrops have been out in the cemetery for some weeks now but they are still looking very fresh. We have snowdrops in the garden that I transplanted from school many years ago when I worked out at Ravendale, They grow prolifically in the garden there and when the old mobile classrooms were going to be demolished I resued/ some and planted some in the garden. I returned some after the new school have been built but kept some in the garden and they are spreading well now. Primroses, aconites and crocuses are now in flower. It still looks very wintry but with some warm weather we shall hopefully see more signs of spring.