Took a short walk on the Boardwalk at #AvonMeadows yesterday. 1 Whitethroat, 3 Blackcaps, 4 Willow Warblers & 3 Chiffchaffs. Also this Cetti’sWarbler (1 of 4) heard singing. Worcester Birding Worcestershire Bird Records BTO Worcestershire Worcester & Malvern RSPB Group Worcs Wildlife Trust

Wood Anemone, Wild Garlic, Coltsfoot & Marsh Marigold. Newland, Malvern & Slimbridge. BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland wildflowerhour Plantlife National Plant Monitoring Scheme Worcs Wildlife Trust Malvern Hills Trust @Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust #wildflowerhour

Bluebell & white form, Spanish Bluebell & Greater Stichwort. Madresfield, Worcestershire. BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland Plantlife National Plant Monitoring Scheme Worcs Wildlife Trust #wildflowerhour

This long staying Spotted Redshank was starting to colour up nicely. Worth a trip back I think👍🏼 Rushy hide, WWT Slimbridge. WWT WWT Slimbridge Slimbridge Sightings @Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust

Great views of this stunning Black-tailed Godwit. Glorious russet enhanced by some sunshine! 😎🤩Rushy Hide, WWT Slimbridge. WWT Slimbridge WWT Slimbridge Sightings @Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust

This Ruff showed really well from Martin Smith Hide yesterday. WWT Slimbridge. Slimbridge Sightings WWT Slimbridge WWT @Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust

Copulating Avocets, Greenshank (1 of 2), Spoonbill asleep (no surprise there), Oystercatcher & BH Gull. WWT Slimbridge, yesterday morning @Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust WWT Slimbridge Slimbridge Sightings WWT

Distant record shot of a Brown Hare, Bredon Hill, this morning. Worcs Wildlife Trust Mammal Society

Didn’t make it up to the top of Bredon Hill, this morning, spent time waking up from Great Comberton and along lower edge. 1 Ring Ouzel, Green Woody, 2 Willow Warblers & Brown Hare were the best before the squally showers set it. Worcs Wildlife Trust Worcestershire Bird Records BTO Worcestershire Worcester & Malvern RSPB Group

A warm and dry afternoon walk between Newland & Madresfield produced a solitary male Orange Tip who my friend spotted landing on this daisy.... which was nice👍🏼 Worcs Wildlife Trust West Midlands Butterfly Conservation Butterfly Conservation 🦋 Malvern Hills Trust

Scarlet Tiger moth, Tenbury Wells. Worcestershire. Worcs Wildlife Trust West Midlands Butterfly Conservation Butterfly Conservation 🦋

Scarlet Elfcup, Alder Leaf Beetle, Hoverfly on early Hawthorn & Peacock. Worcs Wildlife Trust BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland West Midlands Butterfly Conservation

Malvern. A Blackcap from this lunchtime’s walk. Worcs Wildlife Trust BTO Worcestershire Worcester & Malvern RSPB Group

A brief early lunchtime walk through Malvern produced Comma, 4 Brimstones, Holly Blue, 1 each of Peacock, Small Tort & Speckled Wood. All taken with iPhone. #butterflies Worcs Wildlife Trust West Midlands Butterfly Conservation Butterfly Conservation 🦋

Also from #uptonwarren Flashes. Avocets in good number, coot. Nice to get brief views of the singing Willow Warbler as well, although didn’t manage a photo. Still better weather than I thought in the end Worcs Wildlife Trust BTO Worcestershire Worcester & Malvern RSPB Group

4 Little Ringed Plovers. #uptonwarren Flashes, this morning. Very active, with courtship flights. My first sightings for 2024. Worcs Wildlife Trust Worcester & Malvern RSPB Group BTO Worcestershire

Nice to see Great-crested Grebe up close today. Sailing lake, such impressive birds. #uptonwarren . Worcs Wildlife Trust Worcester & Malvern RSPB Group BTO Worcestershire

Distant views of a wonderful adult Little Gull, this morning, at #uptonwarren Moors. Worcs Wildlife Trust Worcester & Malvern RSPB Group BTO Worcestershire spent ages twisting and turning in the air, feeding and eventually landed on the water👍🏼😍

#wildflowerhour Midsummer Hill, The Malverns. Wild Daffodils, Bluebell, Opposite-leaved Golden Saxifrage & Blackthorn. Worcs Wildlife Trust Herefordshire Wildlife Trust Plantlife National Plant Monitoring Scheme BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland

NFY 1st Whitethroat of 2024. Newport Wetlands 👍🏼 RSPB Newport Wetlands Gwent Wildlife Trust