Birthday boy am I today and an early morning fishing trip on the canal was my present to myself. Singing birds included blackcap and willow warbler, both showing well in bankside vegetation. On the far bank a pair of jackdaw were busy around a nesting site in a hole in a tree. This is a regular spot where birds nest. Also saw a treecreeper and a stock dove.
Lots of lesser celandine are coming through now, albeit late because of the harsh winter we have had. A healthy colony of butterbur on the grass verge next to the canal itself.