Chris Lansdell's Birding & Nature Diary: 'Apocolist' and some local flora, 31 March 2020

In partnership with Jus, Chris Baker and Andrew Wilkinson we have started a light-hearted garden list competition for the duration of lockdown. The rules simply being it has to be seen or heard from or in your garden/house to count. It has been dubbed 'The Apocolist'!
I may be rural but have no views of fields and am also miles away from any water so it may be a little limited. At the time of writing my list stands at a rather mediocre 27

Wren
Dunnock
Pied Wagtail
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Greenfinch
Goldfinch
Blackbird
Redwing
Robin
Starling
Chiffchaff
Woodpigeon
Collared Dove
Blue Tit
Great Tit
Coal Tit
Long-tailed Tit
Black-headed Gull
Red-legged Partridge (on the drive!)
Skylark
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Common Gull
Green Woodpecker
Pheasant

Hopefully the lockdown won't last long enough to get Swift!

On our daily 'permitted' walks Belinda and I have managed to do about 5 miles a day going in different directions from the house. Not much to report birdwise but I did manage to find a single 'False Oxlip' (Primsrose x Cowslip hybrid) on the edge of the village which I have reported to the Norfolk Flora Group. New stuff has included White Comfrey, Red Campion, Cowslips, Ground Ivy, Wood Forget-me-not, Ivy-leaved Speedwell, Borage, Greater Stitchwort and Common Whitlowgrass. Early Purple Orchids in Tyrrel's Wood are about a week away from flowering. A Red Velvet Mite sp was a good spot by Belinda in Tyrrel's.