Redstart.

My first redstart of the year seen on the Graig Hill, nr Cross Ash. ''Steort'' is anglo-saxon for ''tail'' , So this smart little birds main feature is it's bright russet tail. This one was doing his courtship ritual of constantly flickering / qivering his tail on a real show, that with his lovely song was a beautiful sound and sight.

Crab Apple Tree.

This crab apple tree has stood at the bottom of the avenue for years. Small, bitter, hard and generally insignificant though its fruit maybe, the humble crab apple is the ancester of all the cultivated apples of today. Despite its bitterness the fruit can still be made into jelly jam and wine. And the birds feast on it most of the winter. This tree is regarded as a native british tree.

Butterfly.

This butterfly was first identified in rural Middlesex as the enfield eye in the 18th century. Today it is a common butterfly seen in most of southern Englands woodlands. Also can be seen on cliffs and hillsides in the west of England and wales. The amount of speckling on the wings vary from region to region and season to season.

Spring colours.

The spring colours are starting to show on the view of the woodlands around kentchurch court.

Moth.

Now again i think this is a Hebrew Character moth, ?. It's black mark vaguely like a bow-tie is clearly visible.

Elm tree.

The flowers on this half dead elm tree are very few and far between. There are a row of dead elm up the lane which died years ago but they just still stand as bare perches for the birds.

Dandelions.

The resemblance of the sharp, pointed lobes of dandelion leaves to the teeth of a lion give the flower its common name. Some times known as a constant weed to gardeners, yet by letting some grow would see the benifits of what eat those seed, the lovely goldfinches feed on these for ages if they r in the garden / lawn or in the wild.

Butterfly.

I think this is a Green Veined White ( if not let me know, lol, ) often thought to be the main garden pest that ruins cabbage but apparently not so; only wild relatives in the cabbage family are its caterpillars' food plants.