On my walk today I,

Thank you all for those lovely writerly pieces about your own area - enjoyed the photos, too More please!

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On a sunny day last week I walked in the wooded area around the pool close to my house.

I saw bluebells starting to come out. Three lovely male mallard ducks in. A stream and a rabbit.
Heard lots of birds and had a walk round a very old churchyard with some interesting headstones dating back to 17 and 18 hundreds.

Gran22boys

tanith

I saw lambs running and playing and bleating when they'd lost mum, there was a very bright yellow field in the distance which I think is rapeseed, the 2 wind turbines were turning like billyo in the distance. Lots of dandelions beside the path and a new path in the process of being installed, I walked 2 miles. Lots of birds singing but I can't identify them.

Tanith and everyone - Please download the Merlin app which identifies birds singing. It’s brilliant. I put it on every time I go out walking. Very simple to use. AI at its best.

Gran22boys -we use that App too, isn't it brilliant? It is so surprising when you find out there's a bird you don't hear often...Lovely.

The bluebells were out in the woods here, always a joy.

Lovely photo 🥰

I have mown my drying-green for the first time this year, although the grass was really too wet.

Before I started the neighbour's cat came into my garden and managed to get my queenie cat to come and play, which she doesn't always want to being three years older than him.

AskAlice

Oh, and Joey the tortoise bit my toe for the first time this year!

What wonderful memories you brought me, Alice! My grandma was called Alice - and her tortoise was called Joey!! Thank you so much!
And, reading all your lovely posts about birds singing you may like to know about an app called 'Merlin'.... It's free and you can find out what birds are in your garden or on your walk or in the park! My son told.me about it.at the weekend. It's wonderful and I think you'll all love it!

There are two wood pigeons on my lawn doing some serious courting! She is playing hard to get. I keep wanting to open the window and shout “a get a room!!”

I saw beautiful flowers. A stately home and an arboretum. Lambs and sheep and all sorts of birds. An an ancient burial chamber

I’ve noticed an extraordinary number of dog violets this year. Both my lawns are full of them and every hedgerow too. So pretty that I will refrain from mowing for a while (any excuse😂).

Went round the lake and first the swans did a fly-past & touchdown, then the ducks. There's a swan sitting on her nest & her mate hovering anxiously at the moment, I hope they have hatch OK, we had avian flu last year and the numbers plummetted, I think it's last years' cygnets that survived / stayed & are nesting now.Fingers crossed for them.

Such a joyful thread.
Nature in Spring is the most wonderful thing. Thank you for sharing MiniMoon and Dragonfly specially. 😘

I adore our countryside and grew up on a farm so the outdoors is in my blood. I live in a village now surrounded by stunning countryside however the grey belt versus green belt debate is about to plough right through our beautiful countryside. Awful what’s being allowed to be done.

I had a lovely walk yesterday. Saw a beautiful male blackbird perched quite close to me. He was singing his heart out, I stood and listened 🎶 to him , there was such a variety of notes I did wonder if he was communicating with a mate. However I watched closely and noticed that when he closed his beak there was silence. So the ' music ' was all from him ! It lifted my spirits- lovely!

Another fan here of the Merlin app. So easy to use and it adds such a lot to a walk when you know what you are listening to.

Beautiful dragonfly46, I have a little painting that gives me the same feel. My nearest bluebell wood is at the end of a fairly steep climb! I think I'll drive a bit further this year and save my knees.
Happy bluebelling chums

Try again!

I walked to our local wood and saw beautiful bluebells.

Thanks Gran22boys I will do that.

tanith

I saw lambs running and playing and bleating when they'd lost mum, there was a very bright yellow field in the distance which I think is rapeseed, the 2 wind turbines were turning like billyo in the distance. Lots of dandelions beside the path and a new path in the process of being installed, I walked 2 miles. Lots of birds singing but I can't identify them.

Tanith and everyone - Please download the Merlin app which identifies birds singing. It’s brilliant. I put it on every time I go out walking. Very simple to use. AI at its best.

Aw, lovely posts. I love nature, but mobility quite bad atm so not walking too much at all

Also Ladies smock in the park, another wildflower that I particularly like.

I saw, along the verges of a lane that used to be cleared / sprayed: Jack by the hedge, bluebell, wild garlic, celandine, buttercup and bugle (all native wildflowers).
A protected tree that everyone seems to love, absolutely swamped by mistletoe (really I should speak to someone about it)
A dog who always raves & lunges at mine, twice! But the owner, me & my dog don't take any notice now, he is kept well restrained & I think his heart isn't in it anymore really.

Oh, and Joey the tortoise bit my toe for the first time this year!

I didn't go for a walk today, but in my garden I heard the first call of the cuckoo, watched Bobtail the tail-less squirrel leaping about through the trees and spent a little time in the company of a very friendly robin who perched on the back of the chair opposite mine and gave me some very cheeky looks!