Some days the lack of variety and overwhelming number and noise of people on an urban lockdown 'patch' is just so, so exhausting!! Sadly unlikely to be any let up over the Easter holidays.
Little change songbird-wise with no Willow Warbler yet and still a few days too early for the local Whitethroat territory. Then again, going out over lunchtime is probably not the smartest move!!
This smart Small Tortoise shell was new for the year and a few Small Whites patrolled the hedgerows but no other butterflies surprisingly. A very bright Andrena (fulva maybe) got away but this Bombus vestalis stood out especially with the help of the new Papilios which, whilst best at close quarters, still gave nice 6.5x views of an overhead Buzzard. I think these will be default go-to binoculars for all casual or insect-based watching in the months ahead.
