One of the emerging Mayflies populating our riverbank today ...

A male Red-eyed Damselfly guarding his lily pad ...

Large Red Damselfly on the riverbank today...

A lovely sunny day with lots of micro life going on....

A pair of Azure Damselflies...

A male Banded Damoiselle...

An Ashy Mining Bee...

An Early Bumblebee...

and a hoverfly...

At the moment you can often hear the male Cuckoo calling...

you probably know his call - he sounds like this...

Male Cuckoo - Male Cuckoo song

but the female sounds very different - a rich bubbling chuckle - listen out for her too...

Female Cuckoo - Female Cuckoo song

Cow Parsley...

Cow Parsley and Buttercups...

and a fast retreating fox...

The meadows are full of yellow meadow buttercups...

a pair of cuckoos were flying about and calling...

and one coot family have young...

Whitethroats join the chorus on the back hedge ...

while a pair of Little Ringed Plover are hanging around the scrape...