Dawn Chorus Bird Walk

April 1st 2007

No it wasn't an April fool joke, 7am!

The walk was led by Peter Hugo, Jayne Skelhorn and Jean Crouch from the local RSPB group and was well attended.

Despite the chilly wind there was plenty of activity in the Vale, the robins were in fine voice as were the chiffchaffs.

Also spotted were sparrow hawks and a buzzard circling high looking for his breakfast.

Another sign of spring was the

arrival of some sand martins, we spotted three this morning and more will return in the next few weeks, if you come down to the Vale, make sure you have a look at the sand martins, when you hear them chattering you know summer is on it's way!