Having missed the warm spell in March due to being in Florida, I had only recorded one solitary butterfly so far this spring on the patch, which was a Small White. However with temperatures hitting 21 degrees yesterday and it still being fairly warm and sunny today, a few species had emerged with Green-veined White, Holly Blue, Orange Tips and Small Coppers all evident during a walk round Felbrigg Park.
Also the first damselfly of the year on the patch was seen with a teneral Blue sp. seen briefly before flying out of view. Birdwise in the park, a pair of Cuckoo's were calling, a large feeding flock of hirundines attracted a Hobby, a drake Mandarin flew onto the lake where the Whooper Swan remains along with a Common Sandpiper. A Moorhen was found to be nesting atop a tree stump, some six feet off the ground, but the most notable occurrence was a Little Grebe which was on the lake and which as far as I can recall was the first one I've ever recorded there.
