The heavy rain and warm sunshine are helping trees show plenty of green leaves, while my rockery and slowly diminishing pond are full of colour.
I'm still waiting for the swallows to return, but I have finally seen my first one of 2012. I watched as one swooped over the road as was driving on near my work in Wolverhampton.
I still find it strange that despite the thousands of miles I drive each month to various parts of the country that I have only seen a glimpse of one swallow this year.
My eyes will be scouring the sky for any sign of the returning swallows this week as I'm becoming a little concerned that they haven't come back.
The nestbox camera has failed again, meaning I'm not sure what stage the great tits are at in terms of nest building.
I've seen a lot of activity in and around my garden from them but without the camera I'm a little unsure.
Other birds that have increased their presence include the numerous tree sparrows, the odd house sparrow and the usual robins, dunnocks and blackbirds.
I've had magpies regularly in the garden, which appears to be to gather nesting material, although the smaller birds are issuing alarm calls when they are around.
I think the female blackbird is on eggs as she's not been around in the last couple of days, but I don't know where.
I'm hoping these heavy thunderstorms and rain will relent and the sunshine will provide the warmth to help the parent birds gather caterpillars and similar grubs for their young.
This weekend I'll try to fix the camera as I feel it could be too late in a week or two.
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