Well we all know the saying “One Swallow doesn’t make a Summer…..”  Today for our exercise we walked around the lake in Frampton and my target was to see my first Swallow of the 2020. Lovely walk and I saw a Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Great Spotted Woodpecker some good water birds but still no Swallow. I went up to Splatt Bridge and Bingo there was a Swallow and also a Willow Warbler. So I was very happy but irony of ironies as I walked back into our house two Swallows flew over the house!

No quiz today (it is Sunday after all). Yesterday’s answer to the 6 species of Deer you can see in the UK are     a) Red Deer   b) Roe Deer  c) Fallow Deer d) Sika Deer e) Muntjac     f) Chinese Water Deer . Four of these species have been introduced the only true indigenous species are Red Deer and Roe Deer. Fallow Deer were introduced by the Normans the Romans had introduced them but they had died out.       Sika, Water Deer and Muntjac were introduced in the 19th and 20th century.