Monday 12th May.
Single Red Kite over field yesterday - was mobbed by a herring gull so didn't stay long.
Along the hedge the flock of sparrows are really active - they are up and down all day.
I noticed they now have young with them - although they appear to be larger than the adults.
The youngsters follow the adults along the hedge line or verge. When they want food they lower their wings and are promptly fed.
The female blackbird is also busy back and forth her nest - she perches on the wire fence above the hedge and seems to check no-one is looking before she darts into her young. I have seen her take beaks' full of worms. The male blackbird also helps occasionally - but with bread crusts.
The Mayflower is starting to come into bloom as the Crab Apple blossom drops. The council have not cut the hedge back for at least two years - which means that the blossom will be profuse again this year - but I'm not sure that not being cut regularly is good for the hedge in the long run.
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