Gann this morning

22 Brent Geese! Is this a record? All Pale Bellied as far as I could tell and no visible colour rings - but it was a bit far away and against the sun so I may be wrong. We could only find 1 on Sunday when we did our WEBS count - did anyone else pick them up?? Also 20 Canadas.

As per Sash's post, a continuous stream of swallows over the pools and along the beach, obviously migrating but catching a few flies en route. About 6 White Wagtails on the beach too, and plenty of Wheatears and Rock Pipits. I looked hard for Wryneck but no sign!

Regarding breeding swallows, ours left about the same time as Cliff's - I think it was basically as soon as there was some vaguely settled weather. They had two broods - 3 and 4 - though how they managed to feed them was a mystery.

Rosemary