A story that starts well has a really lousy middle and ends satisfactorily.
SH 0910 hrs. Sand Martins were hell bent on prospecting for nest sites in the E quarry, c14 birds in all. I really hope they move on quickly given the rate of excavation here.
Others: 9 Curlew, 4 Lapwing, Jay, 3 WW ditto Whitethroat, 5 Linnet. A gathering of c35 Crows plus the Larks & Mipits.
Then it hit rock bottom: apart from platoons of WW and a Chiffchaff there was nothing from the Giants Tooth right across to Mixenden via Hunter Hill bottom. I tell a lie; a single Lesser Redpoll called thrice in flight.
Mixenden Res had 2 LBBG, Moorhen on nest (I'll give it 4/5 days) Grey Wagtail, pr Tufted Duck & 1 Common Sandpiper - my first of the year locally.
