Birds: Goldfinch, Wren, Dunnock, Magpie, Wood Pigeon, Skylark, Pheasant, Moorhen (a long way from water), Chiffchaff, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Buzzard, Greenfinch, Raven, Jackdaw, Rook, Blackbird, Herring Gull, Blackcap (from 24th), Coal Tit, Chaffinch, Canada Goose, Sparrowhawk, Swallow (28th).

Plants coming into flower: Cornsalad (Valerianella carinata or V. locusta) (3rd), Wild Strawberry, False Oxlip (or similar cultivar) (from 7th); Blackthorn, Wild Carrot/Queen Anne’s Lace, Field Wood-rush (from 14th), Lady’s Smock/Cuckooflower, Common Sorrel (from 17th), Weigelia, Sweet Vernal-grass (from 24th); Cocksfoot, Meadow Foxtail, Annual Meadow-grass, Selfheal, Common Vetch, Hedge Bedstraw (from 28th).

Plants continuing to flower: Primrose, Primula, Dandelion, Hazel, Red Campion, Scentless Mayweed, Heather, Common Dog-violet, Lesser Celandine, Camellia, Gorse, Ivy-leaved Toadflax, Hairy Bittercress, Daffodil, Groundsel, Narcissus, Common Field Speedwell, Three-cornered Garlic, Herb Robert, Yew, Potentilla sp. possibly Yellow-flowered Strawberry, Navelwort, Bluebell, Greater Stitchwort, Honesty, Atlantic Ivy, Ribwort Plantain, Sow-thistle.

Insects: Common Wasp, White-tailed (or possibly Garden) Bumblebee, Small Tortoiseshell, Buff-tailed Bumblebee (from 7th); Common Carder Bee, Peacock (from 14th); Red-tailed Bumblebee (from 17th); Small White, Greenbottle, Yellow Meadow Ant (19th); Phryxe vulgaris or similar small two-winged fly, Large White, small Cranefly probably Tipula paludosa or T. oleracea, Fever Fly (28th)

Fungi: Coprinus sp., Stinkhorn (14th)

Spiders: False Widow (Steodata sp.) and egg sac in rainwater drainage chamber (14th)