The first REALLY warm, sunny day of March tempted out the first butterflies of the year – a Red Admiral, feeding on a bright pink
Bergenia cordifolia flower, and a Peacock basking in the mid-afternoon sun. Both will have overwintered as adult insects, perhaps in a hollow tree, amongst ivy or in an outbuilding somewhere.
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| Red Admiral |
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| Underside of the same butterfly |
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| Peacock – wings spread to the sun |
The crystal-clear blue skies and warming sun also provided perfect conditions for this Buzzard to soar in a rising thermal, giving its distinctive, far-carrying mewing call, high over the sweet violets and wild daffodils.
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| Up, up and away! |
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| Sweet by name, sweet by nature |
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| The iconic flower of damp meadows in March |
No butterflies yet in Morwenstow, but a pair of Buzzards and a Peregrine soaring over the Morwenstow cliffs
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