A bank holiday in Holland today meant that I could give the patch coverage this morning. It was very blustery and rain was in the air, so I did not think it would be that good but in the end I  was suprised .
Overhead the first good number of Swallows were about with 30 plus over, also 5 House Martins and a year tick for the patch with a Swift that powered through . Birds of prey were represented by a Kestrel, Sparrowhawk and 2 Buzzard. The best bird of the day was a stunning male Yellow Wagtail with the first Pied Wagtail north for a week or so .
A Raven soared over and a nice sighting was a pair of Bullfinch and a pair of Linnets appear to be breeding in the vicinity.
Warblers today were 3 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, a singing Willow Wabler, Lesser Whitethroat, and 4 Whitethroat.
 The best of the rest were 5 Stock Dove and 4 Skylark .
The patch list is now 76