I stumbled upon some woodcock chicks on sunday - just before the Great Rain started. First an adult woodcock shot up from just in front of me (they really do look bizzare in flight, don't they?), then I noticed why - there were three chicks scuttling away from me!

The black cygnets are bigger than the geese already, and the goslings are in their adult plumage. It seems that even our lonely wigeon may have had a brood. Not Becky's pet sparrow though - he still sits outside cheeping all day, looking for a mate

Ah, the joys of spring!