Cuckoo Arrives

This was my first hearing of the cuckoo this year. He was flying over the woods at 7.30 am. The morning was beautiful but not quite as peaceful as yesterday. A slight breeze allowed some traffic noise to drift across the northern parts but this didn't put off the warblers. This one was even prepared to patronise the barbed wire.
Still no blackcaps to be heard. Buckler fern is well into growth..........and in a few sheltered places you can even see an odd bracken frond. Deer were again searching out the sunniest spots to browse and lie down.