Sometimes Slowtimes Soundtimes

Spring butterflies haven't been showing up for me much lately in my local park. After an early March flurry, things have slowed down, maybe its the weather? It’s certainly been a bit more overcast and windier lately.

As I walked around the park today - things were quiet again - and tucked away in the silence I spied a Song Thrush, watching over the park. Noiselessly hidden among the branches, so as not to give its location away.

I wandered on - and then I heard the buzzing of a bee, and spotted this Tawny Mining Bee near my feet.

Female Tawny Mining Bee

As my walk continued, inspired by the buzzing of the bee, I turned my attention to the soundscape. I heard robins, wrens, dunnocks, great tits, blue tits, a blackbird, parakeets, and magpies. In the distance from across the fields, the song of the skylark carried on the breeze, and elusive as ever - the Green Woodpecker kept out of sight, laughing.

In the absence of sights, I need to remember, the sounds are just as fascinating.