LockDown has meant me not getting out into Oxfordshires marvellous countryside, as it has seemed the right thing to do in order to protect myself and more importantly those that would have been within an infectious distance of me.
I had not heard the Cuckoo before today so imagine my delight when walking and enjoying the farmland south of Bampton to find myself between two calling Cuckoos, roughly about half a mile on either side of me. The first called for the best part of an hour whilst the second I only clocked for about twenty minutes.
Although the temperature is now climbing the wind is still blowing too strongly for it to be within the comfort zone of most of our insects and as a consequence apart from Gnats and Crane Flies little was showing.
The only other Birds I have noted and photographed this Spring, and this from the protection of my car have been Whinchat, Wheatear, Skylark, Yellow Wagtail Linnet and assorted lesser lights not really worth mentioning.
