From Toby Middlemist: Not sure if anyone is keeping a record of this, but I just heard a blackbird singing in Haverfordwest, the first I've heard of the year. Have there been any earlier records this year?
Note from Rosemary Royle: Hi Toby, Our Blackbirds here are still quiet but this morning two novice Chaffinches were making the most extraordinary sounds during their practice sessions and a Song Thrush was gurgling enthusiastically from the ivy with just a few decent pure notes from time to time. It will be interesting to plot their progress!