5th May - cloudy first thing, becoming mostly sunny, mod East breezy, 14C

Willey; a check at feed station, paddock and Church area mid-morning.  A male Linnet flew over the paddock and sat atop the church lane hedge, my first record here this year.  Otherwise, all the usual birds were around.
The last few days at least 6 Swallows have been going in and out of the sheds, how they miss each other in flight is amazing as they whiz round.

Bittesby lake area; a look here in the evening, a Carrion Crow was hassling a Buzzard constantly, until it left the area. A female Kestrel came over hunting.  A male Yellow Wagtail dropped in to the receding flood pools, on which a Mallard pair, three Tufted Duck and a Moorhen had been feeding.