Very, very close, in the garden in fact, but still full of wildlife. I saw three species of butterfly, with brimstone and peacock leading the way, but with my first comma in the garden this year as well. A pair of peacock were courting by the fast declining pond, it has a leak! I took some video, but unfortunately I cannot upload that here, but it may turn up elsewhere.
My mini-meadow is starting to look good, not much flowering, but a few things nearly there, but lots of seedlings coming up. The yellow rattle seedlings that first showed last week are coming up thick and fast.
yellow rattle
I did not get on very well with the camera or in finding many ants, these were my main objective today, strange how there are lots about until you start looking for them!
Other firsts for the year included a very smart gorse shieldbug, one of the more brightly coloured species and it can be found on a lot more plants than just gorse.
gorse shieldbug
As a fully paid-up member of The Self-isolating Bird Club (thankfully it is free), I also recorded any birds I could. You can follow the SIBC on Twitter @SIBirdClub, I recorded all the birds I could see and hear whilst having lunch in the garden, 30 minutes and I recorded 15 species, 2 lesser black-backed gull were unusual, but I suspect they were a pair from nearby as they flew up to harass 4 passing buzzard. I will try again tomorrow, although it sounds rather cooler, so I may need extra layers.
Blashford Lakes Nature Reserve 
Good morning.
I recorded a bird song yesterday in my garden but was unable to get a clear view to identify what species it was.
I’ll send it to you and hopefully you’ll be able to tell me what you think it is.
Hope that’s ok.
The shield bug is lovely thank you for sharing. I’ll look out for them in my garden.