Saturday 19 April 2014

They are all arriving ......

A Grasshopper Warbler has been reeling from Winterton Marsh (above Mullock Bridge) for the last three days, and there was a singing Lesser Whitethroat at our BBS square near Trecwn this morning, as well as plenty of Chiffs and Willow Warblers. There have been deluges of Blackcaps around our garden - you could hear 3 singing at the same time - but they have thinned out now. Have only heard two Sedge Warblers so far - one at the Gann yesterday and one at Goodwick today and no Whitethroats yet. However, "our" Swallows have arrived - after a few territorial low level flights a few days ago, they started zooming through the unglazed window in the pumphouse yesterday - always a key moment in the year for us. And there is a Robin sitting on eggs on a nest on the shelf where I keep my garden chemicals!