First day of spring

At last its time to start getting the meadow ready for the summer.The mower is back from its service and the grass has had its first cut. 
I cut it twice in the spring to reduce the vigour of the grass to give the wild flowers a chance to get going without being chocked by the grass.
The Rosa Rugosa hedge is well into leaf and the buds are swelling on the Hawthorn. We are a little later here as we are on the top of a hill and its quite exposed to the wind .
The Hens are sharing a bit of the meadow for a while until we get on. top of the rat problem at the top of the field.
A few things are starting to flower apart from the ones I mentioned a few weeks ago .the Common Field Speedwell,Chickweed and Common Daisy . Also saw our first  Early Bumblebee (Bombus pratorum) I went and checked it out on ISPOT as I don't know the different bumble bees .We have Blue Tits nesting in the nest boxes and we saw a Lesser Spotted Woodpecker on the bird feeder in the week. the Sparrow Hawk is still making Regular Visits but too shy to get a photo.