Local hirundines UTB

10 May 15                    morning                        mid section

partly cloudy,  10-15°c,  1021mb   S 11-13mph

Ok the more astute of you will have picked up on the poetic licence. For those non birders out there,hirundines are the swallow and martin family, which doesn't strictly include the swifts.(but it's my post so I can). Also sand martin are very scarce here in the mid section and I haven't had one today but for the first time this year swift,swallow and house martin are (under the belt)

Grey Heron	1 flew SW over	Barleyfield
Mallard	1♂	Wetlands
Buzzard	1 over	Wetlands - Compton playing field
Moorhen	2	Wetlands
Stock Dove	8	Wetland Fields
Swift	1 south of	Barleyfield
Great Spotted Woodpecker	1 flew  NW	Wetlands area twds canal,
Swallow	1 over	Wetlands
House Martin	30+ over	Wetlands
Grey Wagtail	pair	Smestow Bridge
Wren	11 singing	mid section
Dunnock	3 singing	mid section
Robin	10 singing	mid section
Blackbird	6 singing	mid section
Song Thrush	1 singing	Barleyfield
Mistle Thrush	2	Compton playing Field
Whitethroat	2 singing	Barleyfield
Garden Warbler	1 singing	Barleyfield Annex
Blackcap	10 singing	mid section
Chiffchaff	10 singing	mid section
Great Tit	3 singing	mid section
Jackdaw	9 feeding	Barleyfield
Chaffinch	2 singing	mid section
Goldfinch	3	Barleyfield