2 new species

A session working on the allotment last night proved most fruitful. Not only did I manage to get in onions, shallots, beetroot etc but also recorded 1st cuckoo and willow warbler. The former was heard calling before giving a fly past, heading west, whereas the latter called from hawthorn bushes surrounding my patch. Also heard were chiffchaff, common whitethroat, blackcap and green woodpecker and usual tits and finches. In all 22 species recorded, most just by their call. A peacock butterfly was busily defending its territory from invaders, especially a small white