JMNR 30th April 2015

Blackbird, Blackcap, Blue Tit, Chaffinch, Chiffchaff, Goldfinch, Great Tit, Mallard, Pheasant, Robin.
Butterflies: Green-veined White (3), Orange Tip (3).
Plants in Flower included: Bluebells in both blue and white forms (C4b, C4d, C5b), Common Dog Violet (C5b), Common Sorrel (C4d), Cowslip (C3a, C5a), Cuckoo Flower (C1, C2, C3a, C4d, C6a, Bottom Pond area), Dog’s Mercury (C5b), Field Woodrush (C5a), Garlic Mustard (C5a), Greater Stitchwort (C5b), Ground Ivy (C1), Lesser Celandine (C1, C6a), Red Campion (C5a), Red Dead-nettle (C6a), White Dead-nettle (Hide Pond area), Yellow Archangel (stream bank near the Hide).
Fresh Water Vole droppings on the raft in the stream.