Two Swifts hawking above Mathry for part this morning, my first of the year! Not calling sadly, probably just passing through although they did seem to be having a bit of a look at the church. Maybe a failed pair prospecting for next year...? I have had some sort of lurgy so spent a lot of time in the garden. First bird heard to sing this morning was a quite distant Song Thrush, closely followed by Blackbird and Robin.
Garden ticks Seen or heard from garden) for the past two days include juvenile GS Woodpecker,(in) and Red Kite (over) a rabble of Sparrows and unusual for here a Chiff Chaff, it shows a yellow lower mandible which i dont remember noticing before, a juvenile perhaps?
