Easter Monday

17 April - Blakehill was pleasant in the spring sun with a chorus of Skylarks - also a confiding pair of smart passage Wheatears, a singing Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Swallows and a Mistle Thrush. A stop off at Farmoor didn't produce much with just 2 Swifts and a Common Sandpiper new for the year, and a large hirundine flock over the water in windy conditions, several Common Terns also present.