After a mild week, it's hardly a surprise that migrants have started to arrive. Sand martins and chiffchaffs are on the patch, although I've not had time to go, and swallows, wheatears and little ringed plovers are about too. Waxwings are stil around locally, and lesser spots have been drumming. Change is in the air.
I heard my first chiffchaffs of the year this morning whilst clearing amphibians from a site in Winsford. An impressive 15 cresties, plus 1 smooth newt and 5 frogs. Intriguingly, two of the bucket lids were covered in frogspawn- something I haven't seen before.
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