A quick walk with Twinkle my Bedlington Terrier, so a sort of killing-two-birds-with-one-stone exercise. Although not literally of course, I wouldn't want to even tread on an oil beetle. The signs are up in the area that they have been sighted, so that's great news.
Saw my first whitethroat of the year (up to 79), well several actually, many of them singing. Other singing birds included willow warbler and yellowhammer.
A pair of common buzzard soaring high overhead and a kestrel spotted hovering several times.
Did catch a brief glimpse of what looked like a small tortoiseshell but the only other butterfly I saw and identified was a small white.