May in The Saints
May truly is a wonderful month for wildlife. Since my last email I've had a great response, with a number of you having sent in comments about wildlife seen in the area, including a great video of red deer in a field of wheat - complete with a beautiful skylark soundtrack. Others have commented on the increase in wildlife they've seen since the lock down. This is something we've all come across over the last few weeks although some have warned that it's not all good news https://bit.ly/2WqEgR2 Swallows, screaming swifts & house martins, ducklings, muntjac, moorhens are all frequent sights around here (especially in St James which seems to have an unusually high concentration of ponds - is the same in surrounding villages?). And I've been thrilled to hear over the past week or so the purr of a turtle dove (or hopefully more than one as I heard them in 3 separate locations in St James). I've become a little obsessed with these birds since I first encountered