After The Rain

Well since the drought was annouced it has just poured down! today was a mixture of heavy rain and hail ,so when I went out it was with not much hope of seeing anything at all but it turned out to be bloody fantastic. As soon as the rain etc had passed over it turned out to a fantastic evening and it was evident that migrants had somehow made it through. 8 SWALLOW north, in the hedgerows 3 CHIFFCHAFF, BLACKCAP, 1 WILLOW WARBLER, a male REDSTART in brief song. A nice suprise was a male CUCKOO being harrased by the local CROWS. In the top fields were 8 male WHEATEAR ,a patch record, fantastic ! Around the margins were 2 RED LEGGED PARTRIDGE,BUZZARD, female KESTREL, male SPARROWHAWK, 4 STOCK DOVE,3 SKYLARK, and 6 LINNET .Wagtails continue to pass through with 9 PIED WAGTAILS in the top fields. The highlight for me was the sighting of the first HOUSE MARTIN over the village.I am full of optimism for tommorrow so up early am to see whats about .See you tommorrow.