A chilly start to the day, but migrants are starting to flow through now.
A pair of Wheatear were on the Deer Park directly above Renny’s Slip. And warblers became increasingly visible as the sun warmed the bushes. We had perhaps a dozen Chiffchaffs in the valley at lunchtime, a male Blackcap, and a singing Willow Warbler: a real treat!
Interestingly, the Chough seem to have had a pretty good winter: there are often groups of 5-7 over the valley, presumably youngsters; the pairs that traditionally nest around the Deer Park seem to keep apart from them both in the air and on the ground.
Postscript: mid-afternoon most of the Chiffchaffs had moved on, but another pair of Wheatears in the Car Park field
