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.
