Thursday morning John had 3 Yellow Wagtails and found our first Swift of the year and a female Brambling foraging with Chaffinches along the river. The Brambling was still around in the evening and was great to see as they are usually only a fly-over species here.
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On Friday evening I found our first Wheatear of the year (species 100 for the patch year list) and had Common Sandpiper and 3 Yellow Wagtails.
Saturday I headed out late morning with Steve H, mainly to try and find Large Red Damselfly (but we didn't find any). We had a Garden Warbler along the river but not much else bird wise. Plenty of butterflies though with Orange Tips, Small Tortoiseshells, Green-viened Whites, Brimstones, Peacocks and Speckled Woods all seen.
Today there was Common Sandpiper early on and 2 Greylag Geese flew over. Hirundine numbers built up through the day and 3 Yellow Wagtails dropped in by lunchtime. In the evening there were 3 Swifts with the mixed flock of c.70 hirundines.
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