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[delia todd]

I guess I should update this thread. I've not always been able to get out much this week, but haven't seen a great deal when I have. A Wheatear was still around on Tuesday 25th. Today was misty but a bit warmer than for a while. I've not been seeing young birds much this spring but today produced the first juvenile Starlings of the year, about a week later than normal. I also saw a family party of Long-tailed Tits at St Fittick's. A few Redpolls were around, with all those seen well looking like Lessers this week. A Red-breasted Merganser appeared out of the fog off Greyhope Bay. That was about it.

Interesting you said that about the Starlings Andrew. Mine are very late too. The adults seem to have been taking food to the nests for weeks. So I've been expecting the usual hordes of the vandals to descend for a while.

Yesterday I saw just one being fed by an adult, and the same today. Seems my window feeder is going to be spared any trauma until they produce the next lot!