Plenty of new wildlife in the back fields after the recent rains. Notably more wildflowers, mushrooms and bugs. Unfortunately, my hayfever has got worse too!!















We havent IDed this mushroom yet but some of the flowers we found were
Speedwell














and this Ragged robin.




















Also some mayflowers, cow parsley, forget-me-nots and red campion.

Bug-wise we've found plenty Green dock beetles (below), nettle weevils, click beetles (below), a red and black froghopper ( which we IDed here - http://www.gardensafari.net/english/picpages/cercopis_vulnerata.htm)



























and a new moth for the year , this "small magpie".















All the nest boxes are empty now, so the hedgrow is alive with 40+ blue tits, some great tits, a family of long tailed tits and a treecreeper pair being followed up the tree trunks by their young.















The male blackcap is still singing but I've not seen a female yet. The goldcrests (the smallest birds in the uk and not a usual garden bird) are singing every morning. They bred here a couple of years ago in the conifers.
Heres a picture from then.