NOT LONG ARRIVED HOME FROM HOLS TO FIND VERY COLD WEATHER AND QUITE A FEW ABANDONED NEST SITES/BOXES,RECENT WEATHER HAS HELPED, THOUGH THERE IS NOT MANY YOUNG ABOUT.
BLUE TIT GOOD NUMBERS GREAT TIT SEEM TO BE MORE THAN ABOVE COAL TIT NUMBERS STILL DOWN L T TIT WATCHING A COUPLE OF NESTS,NO YOUNG YET BULLFINCH DOING VERY WELL CHAFFINCH NUMBERS STILL UP GREENFINCH , YOUNG PRESENT ROBIN EVERYWHERE,YOUNG PRESENT DUNNOCK USUAL NUMBERS NUTHATCH STILL GOOD NUMBERS TREECREEPER POSSIBLY TWO PAIR,LAST YEAR NEST SITE NOT USED WREN NUMBERS OK HOUSE SPARROW NUMBERS UP,NEW SITES IN STUBBINS BLACKCAP MORE THAN LAST YEAR WILLOW WARBLER NUMBERS OK CHIFFCHAFF ONE PAIR BLACKBIRD PLENTY,SOME YOUNG SONG THRUSH FEW PAIRS MISTLE THRUSH NUMBERS UP G S WOODPECKER DOING WELL GREEN WOODPECKER ONE PAIR JAY NUMBERS OK JACKDAW NESTING IN ROOF,FEW PAIR CROW FEW IN FIELD ROOK AS ABOVE MAGPIE MORE THAN NEEDED COLLARD DOVE ONE PAIR WITH YOUNG WOODPIGEON PLENTY,SOME YOUNG MALLARD NOT MANY DUCKLINGS CANADA GOOSE TWO FAMILYS,TWO/FOUR YOUNG HERON ONE DIPPER TWO PAIR WITH YOUNG PIED WAGTAIL ONE BIRD SWALLOW COUPLE OF PAIR NESTING IN STABLES SWIFT FEW OVER
