Today's incessant rain wasn't conducive to much birding but I took a drive out in the late afternoon. The Tardoire seemed devoid of birds on the ground, except for the swans, but hundreds of swallows were busy feeding just a few feet from the ground and quite a few were resting on the tops of the sunflower stubble. Mixed in with them were my first house martins of this Spring, all looking very smart and tidy in their fresh black and white plumage.
I detoured over the plains on my way back and had good views of a pair of stone curlews ( or Eurasian thick knees if you prefer the new nomenclature). They were in a bare field close to Artenac.
Close to the house a cuckoo has been calling for most of the day.
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