May 1 - regular checks on CWP recently have produced a variety of waders including Greenshanks at Eysey and 200, LRPs still present, and Common Sandpipers and Whimbrels. Common Terns are now back in good numbers. A visit to Lower Mill área showed spring in full flow - the highlight being 3-4 Hobbies back - always a thrill to see the first of these each spring hawking for insects, one of my favourite birds, elegant and rakish in shape and behaviour with the added lure of being uncommon and fairly elusive. And simply a beautiful bird! Warblers now in very good voice, lots of Garden Warblers now pouring out their guttural song, with Whitethroats and Lesser Whitethroats, Sedge and Cetti’s Warblers. Good numbers of Cuckoos seem in evidence this year, and, icing on the cake, at least 20 Swifts over Pit 74 during a rain shower, bang on cue on the first day of May.
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