A peregrination around my local patch

per·e·gri·nate

v. per·e·gri·nat·ed, per·e·gri·nat·ing, per·e·gri·nates

v.intr.

To journey or travel from place to place, especially on foot.

v.tr.

To travel through or over; traverse.

pere·gri·nation n.

So nothing to do with Peregrine Falcons then?

No, nothing.

Read on?

OK.

The sun has been warm and unrelenting for a few days now and it is making things move on apace, in the plant world anyway.

Our apple blossom has now arrived; bluebells are in flower in the woods and the wild garlic is also in flower. It's taken a while this year but we've now got definite signs of Spring. The birds however knew this all along and are well advanced in their courtship and nesting. Well, I say the birds knew all along.... the House Martins have only just arrived back at their nest at our house and in previous years we've had them back in early/mid April.

It was good to feel the warm sun on my back as I wandered my well-trodden route, with the highlight of the morning being a Jay.

 

Wild garlic at Lumbutts Clough

Wild garlic flower

 

Orange Tip on wild garlic

My route through Lumbutts Clough

Jay