Walked down to Ironbridge
and along the river to Cressage Bridge, then back along the lanes through
Sheinton where, in the beautiful sunny weather there were plenty of signs of
spring with my first Willow Warbler
of the year singing just downstream of Leighton Hall, my first 11+ Sand Martins of the year scattered
along the river with several birds already investigating likely looking
sections of bank, my first Swallow
of the year hawking over Cressage and a total of 34 singing Chiffchaffs along
the whole route.
Other birds included 4 Kingfishers in Ironbridge
noisily chasing each other around, 3 Oystercatchers, a Green Sandpiper, 16
Goosanders, a single drake Shelduck, a drake Tufted Duck in Ironbridge
(slightly unusual on the river!) and a single Brambling and a handful of
Fieldfares still hanging on.
Goosander
Oystercatcher
Sand Martins
Chiffchaff
Stock Doves
Kingfisher
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