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Not many yet, but this comma settled briefly on our roof.<br \/><span class='imgcenter'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/comma_butterfly_2103119418.jpg' \/><\/span> <\/p>\n<p>The garden highlight though is undoubtedly the ladybird. I counted over 100 without really trying. They are scattered all over a shrubby honeysuckle hedge which runs down one side of the garden.<br \/><span class='imgcenter'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/ladybird_2103119497.jpg' \/><\/span> <\/p>\n<p>And of course, this being spring, they are mating.<br \/><span class='imgcenter'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/ladybird_mating_2103119451.jpg' \/><\/span> <\/p>\n<p>This is just a short clip&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"reactr-oembed-wrap clr\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ladybirds Mating\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RrhQdyjjZ48?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Out in the fields, the smaller birds continue to fill the air with song. Among the more distinctive calls are the skylarks, who trill constantly while on the wing.<br \/><span class='imgcenter'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/skylark_2103119620.jpg' \/><\/span> <\/p>\n<p>And there are blackbirds. This is a female.<br \/><span class='imgcenter'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/blackbird_2103119565.jpg' \/><\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span class='imgcenter'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/blackbird_2103119569_crop.jpg' \/><\/span> <\/p>\n<p>The badger, foxes and hedgehogs are continuing their nightly rounds of the garden, and the newts continue their foraging among the frogspawn. It&#39;s busy out there. 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