Sunday 23rd May. Saturday 15th and Monday 17th May

Sunday. The start of some very hot weather - probably the whole summer in a few days! Coming past Sea Walls I saw the kestrel, but am still uncertain about the nest. The bird appeared from the cliff near the nest, went over and sat on a rock which is well marked with its guano, them glided off around under me on the cliff facing up river. The beautiful red brown of its feathers catching the sun as it passed.
Saturday. The earliest that I have been up on the Gorge for several years! I was by Sea Walls at 6.30am, just as the sun was hitting the trees in Leigh Woods. Very quiet otherwise. The whitebeams shine out across the Gorge, at this time of year they are very easy to spot among the rest of the trees.
Monday likewise.