Wheatears

I agree totally .i have never seen as many wheatears as i did this year in April/early May.Now they are very thin on the ground.I hope they will be breeding at Upper gorple,Walshaw where i saw a male carrying food last monday.Langfield common and Withens clough but they are very hard to find.I think when the wind turnred to a Northerly in April it grounded many of the northern type birds and this is why we seemed to have so many this year.A survey from the peak District last year shows a 50% decline in this species (if the data is correct from previous surveys some passage migrants could have ).this species is not considered to be in decline and affords no conservation listing?(Carr and Middleton 2004)