Tuesday April 13th

The weather is still mainly sunny with highs around 20 but the wind is a cooling factor from the north.

Yesterday, willow warbler,woodlark, nightingale, blackcap and black redstart were all singing in the garden.

Today a brief trip to the Bandiat produced 4 greenshank, 2 common sandpiper and one green sandpiper despite the low water levels. There were also 2 blue-headed wagtails and 2 water pipit there along with 2 whitethroat, 2 song thrush and several chiffs and blackcap. The only hirundines wete a few swallows. The only wildfowl were 3 mallard and a moorhen.

A car-crossing of the Lairiere plains produced nothing of note but the 1st wheatear (male) of the year was in the fields opposite the house.

3 siskin were an unusual sight in the village.