Last Thursday of the month is the time of our bird survey out by the river. We saw plenty of different species although nothing unexpected. We thought the lapwings and the redshank had young the way they kept flying up when other birds were over. We didn’t want to disturb the birds and steered well clear of that area. A couple of swifts flew low over our heads. The skylarks were busy and again we thought we had located a nest. I think skylarks trilling epitomise spring and summer.  The pictures below apart from the swift are what I took this morning all a bit distant- a reed bunting, greenfinch, a goldfinch, and a deer!