This Is The May
It's been a pretty good Spring, despite things being a bit on the late side. The temperatures jumped massively, from single digits into the 20s in a relatively short intervals. The Bramblings which had been inundating us with song around the house disappeared overnight. The typical migrants you expect for late April and May begin to fall in numbers, starting with Pied Flycatcher. Pied Flycatcher - Garden Tickage This was followed up quickly with Wood Warblers, a singing Wryneck, and nesting Grey-Headed Woodpecker. Grey-Headed Woodpecker - what a stunner. Local patching has also been worthwhile, finding decent scarce like a pair of Garganey and Bewick's Swan. Whimbrel - a species I now usually see as a flyover Viz-Mig. Finding them on the deck is reasonably unusual. Tundra Bean Geese - late Spring mean many of these were still around well into May. Bewick's Swan - I originally picked this bird up at distance in flight around Mossarna, which was pleasing. It later have itsel