A good weekend here (N of Bristol). Our pair of Pied Wagtails are back - there's a big roost about 4 miles away. Swallows and House Martins arrived back from Africa today - not seen the Swifts yet. Wood pigeons have mated after an awful lot of aggro the past 2 weeks. Otherwise the resident Coal & Great Tits, Robin, Wren, Magpie, Crow, Blackbird, Dunnock and Sparrows, with a small group of Goldfinches in the orchard opposite. The Sparrowhawk, which spent time at the weekend perched on top of the beech hedge, lunched on Sparrows today - a straight-line chase in front of the summerhouse where I was relaxing. He usually takes them off the bird table. In the skies around - Buzzards and the occasional Grey Heron. The Jay which was a regular in February seems to have gone elsewhere. Phil
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