Swallows, newts and bluebells.

Two days of warm sunshine and the world has changed. The swallows are back and the bluebells have just started flowering. We sat by the pond last night in t-shirts watching young fish shimmer in the warm surface water. And below me in the reed margins I saw a very distinct shape - the curved tail of a newt! I'm not sure which sort, I didn't get a close enough look, but a newt, unmistakeably.

Here's a quickie picture of a single bluebell, just to whet the appetite....