A great day , after a cracking visit to Ashleworth on Sunday (please see gloster birder), it was back to the patch .The first thing I  heard were 2 Blackcaps singing and after a walk around the patch it was obvious that more have arrived with a total of 8 being seen or heard . t he next most striking thing were Buzzards with at least 10/12 passing overhead some were migrant heading at very great hight north east.
Still only a few Swallows with just 2 been seen ,although the first House Martins were welcome with 2 over the old vicarage A single Skylark still sang and I found 5 Chiffchaff dotted about and also 2 singing Willow Warbler.
Whitethroats were down to 4 today ,but most would appear to be local breeders as they are in the expected places from last year.
The best of the rest were a pair of Stock Dove and a flybe female Kestrel
 The patch list now stands at 70