My First Summer Visitor.

I had planned to go to Bempton this week for the cliff nesting birds but with the grey skies that were forecast for the week it has been called off.  Instead I decided to stay close to home and visited Cleethorpes Country Park, hoping to get shots of the water voles sitting on the water cress beds; it was not to be, however, although I did get pleasing pictures.  It was also good to have several good sightings of the kingfisher and to hear my first summer visitor, a chiffchaff.  Blackthorn was well in flower and several toads were busily mating.

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