The swifts are back

8th May 15           mid morning       mid section

high cloud,mild, 11-13°c,  1014mb,  SSE 7-13mph

Yes a week late but the swifts are back, Dave had one in the southern section on monday but the 4 over Tettenhall Ridge this morning are my first locals this year. The garden warbler continues to sing from the Barleyfield Annex along with plenty of other warblers and resident birds but  I suspect our last hope of a willow warbler disappeared with tuesday's bird. Is the grey wagtail found on the Wetland pool the same male as the Smestow Br bird? ( I suspect it is ).

Mallard	3 broods	pr + 3 w/g chicks Newbridge boats,   ♀ + 11 chicks on Smestow, Prefabs,   ♀ + 1 chick MV,
Mallard	16	16 counted along canal ( all but 1 were ♂ ),
Buzzard	2	1 over Tettenhall Ridge,   1 over Newbridge seen from BF,
Moorhen	14 inc 2 nests	2 Wetlands,   14 counted inc 2 nests along canal,
Stock Dove	3	Wetland Fields
Swift	4 over	Tettenhall Ridge
Grey Wagtail	1♂ 1♀	♀ Smestow Br,  ♂ Wetlands,   later ♂ Smestow Br, ( is this the same ♂? )
Wren	16 singing	mid section
Dunnock	4 singing	mid section
Robin	15 singing	mid section
Blackbird	7 singing	mid section
Mistle Thrush	1 singing	Meccano Firs
Whitethroat	1 singing	Barleyfield Annex
Garden Warbler	1 singing	Barleyfield Annex
Blackcap	12 singing	mid section
Chiffchaff	10 singing	mid section
Long Tailed Tit	pos family	Shrike Bushes / Eddies Alders
Great Tit	3 singing	mid section
Jay	1	Eddies Alders
Chaffinch	2 singing	mid section
Greenfinch	1 singing	Top Roses