Martins and More

Headed up Rishworth way yesterday, hoping to find some Dippers with fledged young. As luck would have it, the nest site used last year appeared un-used, with no birds on territory. On the plus side, I managed to film a pair of Grey Wagtails feeding their two fledged youngsters, and a noisy family of Wrens.
En route to this location, I stumbled upon what may be our largest House Martin colony off Halifax Road opposite Ripponden Infants and Junior School. Most of the houses in Upper Brig Royd/Halifax Rd appear to have nests, some having 3 or 4, although not all are active. Threatening weather prevented me from doing an accurate survey but there are at least 20 active nests, and this is probably an under-estimation. Any chance of somebody doing a count in case I don't get chance to re-visit the site?

No sign of Andy and Jeffs Wood Warbler today but then again, no sign of anything else in the torrential rain.....Worth a repeat visit methinks.