Slow but sure

The rainy temperate weather is making a rich green cover

Meadow Clary is out

The Yellow Rattle seeds I collected from a nearby field last summer, and planted in Autumn, are a real success - about 10 clumps over the meadow

The wall lizards are sunbathing and searching for insect food

And under the village footbridge the Red Kites are nesting - and the mother tends two young chicks

At last the meadow flowers

The meadow looks stronger and more diverse than last year.

Usual carpet of Kidney Vetch on the south facing slope

Creeping buttercup against the house

Majestic Red Campions

Of course Ox-eye Daisies...

...and Red Clover

My one Water Forgetmenot flowers for the 3rd year running

The Goatsbeards seem to be spreading

Bush Vetch for the first time

All in a healthy grassland dominated to date by Upright Brome, Sweet Vernal, Crested Dogstail and Meadow Foxtail