Spring migration is almost over

12th May 15             early morning                  mid section

mostly cloudy, 8-12°c,  1015mb,  WSW 13-21mph,

The breeding season is now in full swing our birds are busy looking after eggs or young in the nest, what we have now we tend to keep with a few exceptions. Garden warbler is one, for the past few years a garden warbler has sung his heart out for 3-4 weeks, failed to find a mate and departed. If on the other hand we get 24 hrs non stop heavy rain as we did in 2007 at this time of year, we may have what birders call a "fall" as happened on 14 May that year when 24 wheatear, 17 whinchat and various other goodies took refuge in the Valley. The valley's biggest known fall .

              Back to today the ring neck parakeet was the only bird of note.

Sparrowhawk	1♂   flew W	over Compton Rough
Buzzard	1 over	Valley
Moorhen	1	Wetlands
Ring Necked Parakeet	1 flew calling	SE over Barleyfield, later same flew NW over Wetlands,
Swift	4 over	Barleyfield
Grey Wagtail	pair	feeding 4 yng in nest, later  the ♂ Wetlands,
Wren	12 singing	mid section
Dunnock	5 singing	mid section
Robin	12 singing	mid section
Blackbird	4 singing	mid section
Song Thrush	1 singing	Graisley Culvert
Mistle Thrush	1 singing	Meadow View
Whitethroat	1 singing	Hanging Grds
Garden Warbler	1 singing	Barleyfield Annex
Blackcap	7 singing	mid section
Chiffchaff	6 singing	mid section
Long Tailed Tit	pair	Barleyfield Annex
Chaffinch	4 singing	mid section
Greenfinch	1 singing	Hanging Grds
Bullfinch	1♂	Station Paddock