We had a crazy few minutes in the garden at lunchtime. I sat quietly enjoying the sun watching the hoverflies when I heard, and then saw a beautiful little Coal Tit. Suddenly what seemed like a dozen or so Long Tailed Tits flitted over from the apple tree to the large Cotoneaster just feet from me. I remained stock still as one descended on to the feeder, it realised that I was there and then went back up to the safety of the tree and it's flock mates which also contained Blue Tits. Birds are definitely on the move again, we had a Goldfinch on the feeder yesterday for example. We had our first Robin for months yesterday and this morning I heard it again. But the crazy minutes went on……… a Comma Butterfly - Polygonia c-album, a garden first was by the top pond and then amazingly a Migrant Hawker Dragonfly zoomed around.

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