Hoopoes

Reports (after the event!) from friends and colleagues of a Hoopoe mini-invasion on Saturday morning - 4 birds on the lawn at Slate Mill Lodge and a separate report of one bird on the track to West Lodge, Butterhill which is very close by.

These sites are really close to our house but for some reason they chose to ignore our inviting lawns .......

I am wating for pics of the 4 Hoopoes at Slate Mill

Meanwhile in the garden we have had an enthusiastic singing Blackcap since the 8th. I checked last year's records and our first singing Blackcap was exactly the same date.

Rosemary