Local patch 40

Suddenly, there is colour everywhere: blossom and catkins, hedges full of primroses. On the waterways there are Gadwall, Shoveller and Tufted ducks all bright with fresh plumage. At Westhay Moor NNR the Great crested grebes are elegant in their summer feathers: cream and orange, black and white. They are beginning to display, weaving complex patterns across the water. Chiffchaffs are shouting from the trees, a Peacock butterfly basks in a sunbeam and, along the gravelly paths, butter-yellow Brimstones dance. 
It is Springtime in Somerset!