Yesterday - 100+ willow warblers and 50+ chiffchaffs, male black redstart, 1000+ of both swallows and sand martins going north. Male and female merlin interacting (talon locking).
Some breeding news - 3 peregrine territories, 7 pairs of chough confirmed nest building with an 8th likely to follow. 2 pairs of buzzards, a pair of kestrel showing an interest. Looks like the hard winter took it's toll as we seem to only have 2 pairs of lapwing this year (they were very late back so maybe more to follow?) No further sign of the hoopoe that was present for 2 days over the weekend.
