Saturday 4 May 2013

A breezy day ,with an annoying strong south westerly wind , it has been a really poor spring and we seem to have lost all our House Martins this year , it has not been helped by the destruction of the largest colony by the local householder, over 50 nests , all because of the mess they make ,so very sad .I really feel that when you move to the countryside that you have embrace the other inhabitants that may live near or next too you.
On the patch migrants continue to filter through and in the hedges I found 5 Chiffchaff, 2 Whitethroat,  a good count of 3 all singing Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Blackcap.
In the top fields there were 4 Wheatear 2male ,2 female, and a Yellow Wagtail flew over calling. Still only very few Swallow with only 5 recorded today and just 2 House Martin.
The best of the rest were 3Skylark, 2 Red Legged Partridge, 2 Linnet, 7 Stock Dove and a male Kestrel.