Today I saw the first ladybird of the year, a classic red one with 9 spots on each wing. Sadly, it was lying on the wooden stairs, squashed by a large human foot. But it is surely a sign that the weather is warming up.
The birds are nest-building. I had my hair cut and saved the pieces which I put out on the grass. They were soon taken away for nest-lining purposes. Magpies are flying around with long twigs in their beaks. Maybe they are training to be tightrope walkers as the twigs look far too long to be part of a nest.
The sweet little nest in the garden shed was a home to wrens the year before last and bluetits last year. It is built up near the roof where there is a gap just big enough for a small bird to pop in and out of. This year I'm rather hoping it may be home to a robin family.
It's so funny seeing the robins squabbling for territory on the lawn. We have nicknamed them Right-Hand Robin and Left-Hand Robin as they come from opposite sides, meet in the middle, have a tremendous fight then fly back to where they came from. The middle ground they are fighting over is owned by a rather fierce looking blackbird who patrols it several times a day, enjoying the time-expired M&S blueberries which I am chucking out for him. Lucky bird!
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