It is warm but a thin mist hangs over the countryside on this last day of March. The forecasters say it is partly composed of dust from the Sahara desert. Here is the view from Churchland Wood across the plough to the distant Fairlight ridge buttressing against the sea.
Birds are now very active nest building and, as I sit at my lap top, I can see the magpies coming and going from their nest in a rowan tree. Sometimes the pair go and perch on top of the tallest tree in the garden, a wild cherry, from where they can get a 360 degree view.
Often the woodpigeons, who also nest in the garden, get there first.
We have a large area of lesser periwinkle (Vinca minor) under the hawthorns halfway down the garden. This effective ground cover is currently sprinkled with flowers, but these seem to appear in much greater quantity around the edges of this periwinkle area.
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