finally spring ??

walk this morning from meccano to aldersly junction canal one way and old railway the other.
32 species was good but what was noticeable was the birdsong. both mistle and song thrush were in full song, as were robin wren coal tit nuthatch amongst others.
similar walk on 1st april had produced 34 species highlights being treecreeper and nuthatch both half way between water bridge and aldersly junction; 2xsparrowhawk in hawthorn wood (just south of water bridge) which also held 7+jays. Soaring raven and buzzard over Tettenhall ridge. There were also a few lingering redwing at the stadium.
female grey wagtails were seen on this date and the 3rd both halfway between hordern rd and newbridge one on canal one on smestow. presume same bird but on the 3rd another at aldersly canal junction.
The little flock of siskin were seen regularly up to 5th april but not this morning and likewise little grebe on the canal.
The rooks seem to have settled around two nests towards the canal junction where they have nested for the last couple of years but are also sometimes at water bridge copse (max 2)
Finally chiffchaff which I am yet to hear in song, but after 1st bird near meccano on 26th another (poss same bird) was towards canal junction on 28th and a different (paler) bird was halfway between junction and water bridge on 29th.  All three were feeding at ground level and across canal picking items from the surface of canal.