Sweetness

Easter weekend and it's a fair bet a lot of sweetness will be on menus. One of the sweetest sounds on Blacka comes at the time of the festival of Willow Warbler song, this year coinciding with Easter. Although not the loudest of birds it dominates by sheer coverage, no area of woodland being free from it to the extent of staying just short of the cloying. Only a week ago the Chiff-Chaff, an earlier arrival, had little competition. Now its close near identical cousin has eclipsed him with a completely different song.