Swallows were spotted at the Parsonage Farm stables a few days ago. Picured above on 24 April, they were perched on the nearby telegraph wire during evening sunshine.
On Thursday 25 April, a cuckoo was heard calling from the fields behind Castle Keep. Is Spring really here at last?!
Jim Platt reports that he'd heard the cuckoo on 1 May - "Sounds like he was in his usual place opposite the church, on the river bank."
On 3 May, four Little Egret were in the field between Avon Farm and Manor Cottage.
Unfortunately a phone camera didn't capture a very clear shot....