30th Mar 2018: Sand Martin

John: This week has seen some very wet weather, however as yet, this hasn't dragged down too much in the way of migrants. Chiffchaffs in particular seem very thin on the ground at the moment

Still, I did manage to clap eyes on a group of 3 Sand Martin on Tuesday. They didn't hang around for long at all, as they headed off up into the clouds and away to the north.

There's been quite a lot of Peregrine activity this week and most days I've seen 1, sometimes 2 drifting about. On Tuesday, the pair drifted relatively low, NE over the reservoir, with the female carrying a half eaten Feral Pigeon!

On Saturday, during a brief visit 4 Greylag Geese circled the reservoir and a Muntjac showed amazingly well by the entrance gate, feeding along the river.