Decided to brave the cold and windy weather dodging the hailstone showers and have a look at the local lake. Initially it looked very quiet with most birds hidden away out of the strong northerly wind but then the sun came out and instantly a Swallow appeared hawking for insects low over the water. What a transformation, one minute it felt we were still in the depths of winter then the next we were in spring just by the appearance of this single bird, its amazing how it lifts one's spirit.
Despite the weather there was alot of activity in the garden with at least 4 Siskins visiting the niger seed feeder and 2 Long-tailed Tits and the regular Nuthatch were on the peanut feeders. A Blue Tit was tearing up the lawn collecting moss for its nest in one of the boxes and the Tree Sparrows were at two other boxes on the Birch Tree with a pair of Dunnocks up to no good next to their nest in the Ivy.
Congratulations on your first Lincolnshire swallow - still yet to see one in Kent.
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