18th May ..... Ash die-back.

The moorhen also seems to be going up in the world,  having an early morning walk along the top of a beech hedge in the garden.
Later out for a walk, corn looking so green in the warm sunshine.

 

Watched this female orange-tip butterfly first settle and feed on a dandelion head then move on to a bluebell.

Back home and with the day heating up our local wood pigeons come in close for a bath.

Male greenfinch moves off when a female chaffinch comes to the sunflower hearts.

 Nearby ash trees are struggling with ash die-back.

 

Stewart.
Images Copyright : Stewart Dennis.