Minwear/Canaston/Toch woodland

During BBS this morning noticeably higher numbers of willow warblers compared with last years count at a similar time (at least 3 times as many); wood warblers singing in usual places (at least 6 individual males); noted more marsh tits than coal tits today (at least 7 MT territories based on singing males). Quite a few siskins about displaying and at least 4 great spotted woodpecker territories occupied.

On the river, grey wagtails nesting in usual place at the Mill, minimum of 9 greylag geese (flocks of 3 and 6); a pair seem to be nesting in Slebech reedbed. Mute swan also nesting in same place as last year. Reed warblers quite noisy throughout the reedbed and several common sandpipers (5-6 at least) along various parts of the shore.

Five swifts over Canaston area. Whitethroats now around in several hedgerows between Martletwy and Landshipping (a bit earlier than last year); sedge warblers singing nr Blackpool Mill and at Landshipping Quay.
A Pied Flyc male was also singing in the Leat wood. I'm not sure if this is where Graham recorded one a few days ago, but it is a place they have bred but not for a while.