Woodland Walk (Part 1)

Part 1 of scenes from my recent woodland walk on a sunny warm day with temperatures around the 16 celsius mark. Its not until you look at the trees and hedgerow, which is still not that green as yet, that you realise its only the end of March.

This woodland ride below was a good place to see Brimstone butterflies. I observed four at one point close together.

Yes those Amphibians are still lounging in the Pool.{:))

This bunch of Lichen was growing on a Blackthorn bush.

A couple of shots of a Wren that just didn't hang around long enough.

Much of the area is still quite wet underfoot.

As is usual at this time when the first Chiffchaffs (below) arrive on migration they tend to remain high up in the trees singing away "Chiff chaff, "Chiff chaff" and are never close enough to get a detailed image.

Odd to find male Mallards in remote ponds like this, but I do occasionally see them from time to time in this area.

Marsh Marigolds showing some welcome colour.

The Blue Tit is still feeding away, acrobatically of course.

When you get warm sunny days like this, a sheltered sunny spot is a good place to find basking butterflies especially during the early afternoon. The moss covered log in the centre of the image was a good place to look.

I didn't' have to wait long and a Comma butterfly came along and landed on the log

It returned to the area several times.