Church survey and patch walk: first lockdown Damselfly (And an ironic Meadow Pipit!)

Today was the biannial biodiversity survey of the Church: naturally this couldn't be the public event that we normally help with, but Linda and I spent a while checking on the flowering plants, insects and birds before walking up the hill for our permitted exercise.

Holly Blues, Orange Tips and Small Torts were everywhere and we added Small White, Green-veined White and Comma to the list, as well as our first odonatid of the year: predictably, this was a Large Red Damselfly.

A bit late in the day for birds to be singing, but we came across four Lesser Whitethroats as well as all the usuals. In the morning I had to whizz across to Taverham to pick up some reverse osmosis water for our marine tank: this is an approved essential journey, of course. On the way I saw two Meadow Pipits along the NDR!