The first Wheatear!

31 March - The first Wheatear of the spring is always an exciting moment, in this case a very smart male feeding from the fence posts at Blakehill - amazing to think that this bird has made a return trip to Africa before coming back to the UK to breed. Two mobile males present this afternoon, also the Curlew quite vocal but not seen, and a late party of 29 Fieldfares moving east, heading back to the continent to breed. Migration magic and every time it happens I find it just as amazing as the previous year!