Birding news from the Peak District of the UK. Seen recently:

Curlew on the high moors
Pheasants are strutting their stuff and dozing on the field
Swallows and swifts are arriving in numbers now, but no house martins yet
Kingfisher (yay!)
Lots of Goldfinches
Greater Spotted Woodpecker

The kingfisher was seen as I walked into town where the river is sandwiched between a road and the main West Coast line. We have healthy population of dippers on this river too and they have territories all through the town and into the countryside beyond.