On this beautiful spring day 13 people gathered to report on birds, flowers, plants, insects etc. We started off with the first Barn Swallows, ツバメ of the year
Lots of young plants and flowers, as expected. Too bad I didn't have my regular working lense (28-300mm) as it was being repaired after my Aso adventure
Below the tiny flowers of Vicia tetrasperma (カスマグサ)
Covered in dew drops, Field horsetail (スギナ)ツクシ
And then we found several Amana Lilies, アマナ (Amana edulis)
I had never seen them before
First raptor of the day: Eurasian sparrowhawk (ハイタカ)
Where is it going? It's the season to migrate now.
Chinese bayberry (ヤマモモ) male
A whole field in purple: Henbit deadnettle (ホトケノザ)
Seven-spot ladybird (ナナホシテントウ)
ナナホシテントウムシ幼虫 larve of 7-spot ladybug
The first frog of the year: Japanese tree frog (ニホンアマガエル)
With all the different kinds of Violets Mr A. was busy sorting them out to get an id.
Below: Nojisumire, ノジスミレ（Viola yedoensis）
The lucky finder of this 4-leaved clover presented it to me! I feel very special now
A nest for a wasp, 蜂の巣
Tsuboshisumire, ツボスミレ (Viola verecunda)
And another Viola spec. Was it Tachitsubosumire, タチツボスミレ (Viola grypoceras)?
In a dark part of the forest: Himesumire, ヒメスミレ (Viola inconspicua subsp. nagasakiensis)
Along the road: スミレ (Viola mandshurica) The most common Japanese wild Violet
A few buntings crossed our path, Yellow-throated bunting (ミヤマホオジロ)
A stick across a ditch turned into a bridge for ants
Incised Fumewort ムラサキケマン (Corydalis incisa)
クロキの花 (Symplocos kuroki)
East Asian Eurya (ヒサカキ) Eurya japonica
As usual there were a number of Shrikes, I think 7.
Bull-headed shrike (モズ)
Followed by the monthly sighting of an Eastern buzzard (ノスリ)
Butterflies were still few, but noteworthy was this Peacock Pansy, (タテハモドキ)
In company of an Asian Comma (キタテハ)
Our snail specialist managed again to find the smallest creature of the day. No name yet, but definitely a snail
White dead-nettle (オドリコソウ)
Ground-ivy (カキドオシ)
Again the purpleness of Henbit deadnettle (ホトケノザ)
Chickweed (ハコベ)
Butterfly flower (シャガ) Japanese wild Iris
The gumy-like fruit of Spiny Oleaster ナワシログミ (Elaeagnus pungens) and we all had one to taste
The 2nd frog! Japanese tree frog (ニホンアマガエル)
Grey heron (アオサギ)
Some more images of the Amana Lilies, アマナ (Amana edulis)
And last the Creeping Mazus, ムラサキサギゴケ (Mazus miquelii)
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