This week's weather has been as unpredictable as Mr Cameron's EU negotiations. Wednesday began with a heavy frost but the thermometer read 20C in the sun by early afternoon. Most other days have been grey and drizzly, though, and at times quite windy. The heavy rain has eased up and the floods are receding, nevertheless the Tardoire valley attracted a flock of over 200 lapwings but there was no sign of last week's greylags.
Golden plovers often mix themselves in with lapwings as do starlings and there were plenty of the latter in with this flock but not a single golden plover. I had to wait until today to see them, and the 50+ flock was not in a flooded area but on the plains near Artenac.
Thursday's bike ride took place in persistent drizzle but it was made a bit more cheerful by the sight of about 150 cranes flying over La Tâche.
The only other bird of note this week (apart from the regular garden firecrest) was a single siskin which flew up from the Bonnieure riverbank.
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