Millennium Wood birds perform beautifully!

We could not have asked for better weather for Sunday's birdsong walks, and the Millennium Woods' feathered residents obliged us with a hearty chorus at dawn and dusk. Also gracing us with an appearance in the evening were bats - much to the delight of the youngest explorer in our party.

Next time you are walking around the woods, listen out for the blackbird, black cap, chaffinch, chiffchaff, goldfinch, pheasant, skylark, song thrush, long tailed tit, robin, garden warbler, great tit, house sparrow, wren, magpie, jackdaw, and pigeon too!

Also heard was the lesser whitethroat, not so common at all. Click here to listen to its sweet song - and you may then be lucky and hear the real thing.

Other developments to look out for as you take a stroll: yellow rattle coming up in the meadow, flowering native bluebells and emerging flora in the newly cut scallops along the rides.