Pittswood Birds

It was warm and springlike this am, and I felt sure I would find a summer visitor on the walk in to work, but again I drew a blank. I did notice that the Mistle Thrush nest I found at the weekend has been abandoned, probably predated.
After work I went and took my skywatching seat at migrant alley, and spent an hour watching and waiting, mainly for a swallow or perhaps an early Hobby falcon, niether appeared, but I did see a COMMON BUZZARD soar over high, going NW. Also a LESSER BLACK BACK GULL flew over, both new for the month, a MEADOW PIPIT went over, maybe the last of the winter and surprisingly a LITTLE OWL called from the copse adjacent the fields, another new one for the month. I left migrant alley, and had a rare afternoon visit to the golf course hedgerow, mainly to listen out for Blackcap - but heard none. As I left the golf course I passed through an ungrazed paddock and found 8 FIELDFARE and 2 REDWING, this may well be the last sighting of these two winter visitors.

This Peacock Butterfly is the first to visit my garden this year, its a bit tatty, but nonetheless, it still counts! Came straight in for my hyacinth, Exactly why I planted it for.

This CHIFFCHAFF was in full song, in an ash tree, amongst a small headland of trees at one end of migrant alley