Tues 20th May

A friend phoned me up today to say that she had heard from a visiting birded that he had seen a Tree Pipit in the woods up from Bridgend. Here, at home the Swallows are definitely not back in the same numbers as last year, the nests at the front door are not being visited, and also the nest at the back door appears quiet, but on the positive side the one in the dog kennel/shed is being used, as is the nest in the garage, and there are definitely 2 different sites in use up in the sheep shed. House Martin numbers appear to similar to last year. I wonder if the 2 House Martins, that were reared by the Swallows last season, did they return? IKB