brief update

6 singing chiffchaff on Saturday morning between barleyfield and water bridge. The one at water bridge calling distinctly slower than others.
singing blackcap in hawthorn wood
3 redwing on barleyfield
male grey wagtail at waterbridge, different to the male I saw near meccano in early march. the latter was really well marked whereas the former was duller; does this mean it was a younger bird??
still very little evidence of nuthatch and great spotted woodpecker; both of these were very prominent a year ago in a very different spring.  could it be  that last year their food source was still on the tree because there were no flying insects and now even blue tits are flycatching hmmmmmm.
finally a belated early march report of collared dove on the canal at wightwick.