Yes indeedy, with the bank holiday weekend just around the corner, the wind did the decent thing and swung back south-east yesterday, with a lump of rain overnight promising the chance of some more migs. Out pretty early considering, and I'd barely closed the back door when I could hear a grasshopper warbler from somewhere over the road - it sang again briefly as I hurried out the gate to try and pin it down but I didn't hear it again. Ah well. Less than annual here, and one I thought I'd probably missed with all the fine weather last week.
Out round Galley then and there were a few bits moving but all Irish stuff, no sign of anything from further afield. Reasonable numbers of willow warblers and chiffchaffs plus a blackcap and better again, my first whitethroat of the year!
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| a snipe, yesterday |
But the best had to wait till the second slog round after lunch, when, bemoaning the fact that there were no yellow wags in the ideal cow field, suddenly I heard one calling as it went over - it flew around for several minutes before eventually deciding to land in the ideal cow field and allowing decent views. Yellow wagtails are definately less than annual here and easily missed when they do occur, so to get one on the deck was a real bonus!
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| a yellow wagtail in the ideal cow field, yesterday |
So thats the craic now! The good spring continues....
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