Making the best of it ...

... around and about today, dodging the rain. Two sessions at Ringstone, but very quiet: 7 forlorn Lapwing on the shore wondering where their nice meadow in the North Field has gone (scalped for silage on Friday). Reed Bunting by the feeding station. Walking along the Black Brook from West Vale to Branch Road had three singing Chiffchaff and a Kingfisher. Tonight at Oxygrains, a great Dipper nest with three well grown young.

And, generally, a lot more House Sparrows around Greetland and Barkisland this year, a noticeable upturn. Had them along the main road through Greetland, the first for several years.