A trip to the Bandiat river yesterday turned up no signs of any early migration except that a male black redstart was sat in a ploughed field amid a flock of chaffinch and cirl bunting.
Another male was singing from the weather vane on La Tache church this morning. This is a popular perch for this species but has not been used as a singing post since last autumn.
A flock of 200 lapwings made its way north over the Bandiat and the appearance of three stonechats in the course of the morning was a welcome sight as they disappeared from view during and after the cold snap.
A bright male sparrowhawk raced across the Bandiat road bridge as I was watching two coypu swimming below it.
Buzzards seem to be pairing up and some are doing courtship flights.
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