A few more swallows were feeding around Daugleddau area
between Landshipping and Sam’s Wood this afternoon. They're gradually trickling
back to the farms in this area, but we've yet to see a house martin this year.
Three greenshanks were resting on the shore south of Landshipping
Quay with a few redshanks still around. We thought they'd all departed and also all of the teal, but we noted eight resting in Millars Park lagoon. A large chunky female wheatear resting on top
of a large patch of seaweed, although not a new bird for the area, was the first
one we’d seen here this spring.
There are plenty of linnets around now – various pairs establishing breeding territories along the roadside hedgerows. There were a
few more blackcaps and willow warblers singing along the route too but, apart from the
wheatear, there were no particularly obvious additional migrants around.
