Sunday 14 April 2013

Early Swift

14th April - a late afternoon visit on a fairly warm but breezy day.  No sign of any Common Terns, although a single has been reported over the past few days.  I decided to try the meadows and paddock for wagtails.  Nothing much in the meadows, but the eastern paddock held a double figure flock of wagtails - no White amongst the Pieds, but a nice Yellow to brighten up the day:


Walking back round the lake, I stopped in the SE corner to see if any terns or gulls might drop in, which they didn't, but the hirundine flock took my interest, being about 80 birds strong, mostly Swallows and Sand Martins with a few House Martins mixed in and then a Swift flew over.  This emulates last year when 2 Swifts appeared on this date - pretty early and my joint earliest ever - maybe Spring has arrived.

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