Four New Arrivals

It was back to Spring today with some pleasant sunshine once the mist cleared. A trip to The Bandiat produced one greenshank, one redshank, several house martins and a few sand martins. Two green sandpipers flew off just a I arrived and there were probably about a hundred swallows feeding there but others seemed to be resting on branches and telephone wires as were others at Agris and Pont d'Agris. This whole area where the Bandiat meets the Tardoire provides plenty of insect food for migrants. The only warblers present were blackcaps and chiffchaffs, the latter in their dozens. A couple of yellow wagtails were feeding in the wet meadow.