March 21st

A walk around New Hythe this morning between 8.am-9.30 produced little of note apart from an increase in singing Chiffchaff to at least ten.

I saw my first Comma of the year in the garden this morning and only the third sighting this winter of a Blackcap,our Ivy bushes had a very poor crop.In past winters when the crop has been good up to four birds have been present.

I see more bramble and scrub has been cleared to ground level in the east scrub,this carries on from last year.We will have to wait until next month to see if the Nightingale breeding numbers will be affected.Also a large area of scrub and bramble in the west scrub,where only last year a pair of Nightingale were breeding has also been reduced to ground level.

Perhaps some visitors to the Park have been complaining about the noise the Nightingales make !.