Much later than their usual date of arrival, I saw four swifts flying around the village church today. They are so late that I had come to the sad conclusion that they would not be returning this year. Swallows have been here for some time and not far away I have seen numerous house martins.
There do appear to be fewer hedgerow birds around such as yellow hammers and whitethroats. Otherwise, there has been plenty of evidence of breeding birds and yesterday I saw a group of young goldfinches in a low tree.
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