House Martin

First one of 2012 seen on Saturday, just the once.  I hope it's found somewhere dry to hide, along with the swallows.  The garden is turning into a swamp, everything is sodden, I can't even get across the beds to deadhead the daffodils.  But (I'm trying to be positive here), the bog garden is flourishing, the skunk cabbage which I thought I'd lost has popped up again and I'm hoping that the wet will kill off the invading buttercups.

Swallow!

We've just seen our first swallow, hawking over the field.  on the same day as the latest dump of snow - which has now melted. The first swallow in the village was reported earlier in the month at Hunt House.
Lots of garden news to add - but not now.