21/04/2020 Day 35 of lock-down.

Maximum temperature here today 21⁰C, minimum 12⁰C.  4 mms rain measured this morning.  9km/h North-easterly wind with gusts up to 22 km/h. 

Bee, think it got confused as to which was the flower and which was the seed head!

Speckled wood (Pararge aegeria).

Bee on the quince blossom.

Crane-fly.

Love is in the air - crane-flies.

Green-veined white (Pieris napi).

Orange-tip Butterflies (Anthocharis cardamines).

Small white (Pieris rapae).

Common wall lizard (Podarcis muralis).

Cattle in the field just beyond our house.

Horses in a neighbour's paddock.

Not sure what this blossom is seen across the road but it is pretty!

I have made an extra page on the wildflowers seen at home, or very close by, which if you are interested in, you can see the link at the top of the page under the main heading, on the green line,

See also my

 Bird blog

01/04/2019 No April Fool - just yesterday's walk 6 kms.

Maximum temperature today 20C, minimum 7C.  Dry, but light rain forecast for later.  11 km/h North-easterly winds with gusts up to 22 km/h.

The temperatures drop again tomorrow with possible rains forecast.

Just before my walk, seen in the garden. Little Owl (Athene noctua). More photos to go on next weeks bird blog

Cowslips (Primula veris) everywhere in the fields and the roadsides.

Unknown tree with spring shoots.

Sun Spurge (Euphorbia helioscopia). ID thanks to Susan.

Greater Stitchwort (Stellaria holostea)

Peacock butterfly (Aglais io)

Twins growing up....

Some of the younger lambs...

Is it really that much easier to kneel???

Winter wheat.

Fields of yellow, a mixture of celandine, buttercups, dandelions and cowslips.

I would love to amble down this leafy path but it is on private property!

Mallards on the dam at Russas.

The Chateau at Russas, the pigeonnier on the right...

A closer look at the pigeonnier. (Pigeon house).

Horses in the field at Russas.

The hedge is hawthorn blossom,  but the flowering trees behind I am not sure about.

A closer look at the hawthorn,

Poppies outside someone's house...

More poppies in a very overgrown flower bed.

I have taken photos of this little pony before, he is barely two and a half foot high. (7.2 hh in equine language)...

nearly as broad as he is high!

This cow was keeping a wary eye on me.

Last, but not least, this Bank Vole (Myodes glareolus) was stealing some of the bird seed when I got back home. ID also thanks to Susan.

See also my Bird blog 

and My life In the Charente

23/03/2019 Trying to catch up!

Maximum temperature today 20C, minimum 3C.  Dry. 11 km/h South-easterly winds with gusts up to 21 km/h.

The temperatures drop again on Monday but it looks good for the weekend

Just out for a drive.

Twins.

Having fun.

The roadsides are yellow with cowslips.

Full moon on the 19th. Handheld photo.

Horses just down the road.

An interesting line up.

Quite fancy the Aston Martin...

Citroën Ami 6 looks like fun...

and this Cortina was apparently on its first run since 1998.

You can just see a tinge of yellow as some of the rape flowers are starting to open, The fields will soon be gold.

A buttercup in the garden.

A wallflower just down the road.

Wednesday night's sunset.

See also my Bird blog 

and My life In the Charente