We have not seen many lambs so far this year, and it was a delight to see these very young onesa few days ago on Westburton Hill. The building in the background is a shepherd's barn and yard, built of flint and a reminder of the dominance of sheep in this landscape in times past. Our walk took us past Barkhale Iron Age enclosure where we saw a small flock of wheatears, not spring visitors to these parts, but passage migrants taking a break on their way north. While we were watching them we thought we heard a snatch of willow warbler song, but it did not repeat and we had to wait until we had reached Stane Street, the Roman Road from Chichester to London at the point where it starts to run down hill to Bignor and the Roman villa before we were treated to full song and a good sighting of two in a Hawthorn.
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