first of spring

A good day 10 Goldfinch ringed up at Ringstone edge this Morning in woosh net. Then home for a coffee and a warm up and a Collard Dove ringed in the garden. I shot of up to Wholestone Moor to look for skylarks and wheatear, found the Skylarks 6 feeding in fields but no luck. Then i bumped into John B and we had a walk around and found a cracking Male Wheatear. The weather set in so we shot off home another coffee and an hour later the wind and snow had gone and the sun was out . Off i went again and this time i set up for the Wheatear and yes after about an hour, 1 Wheatear ringed hopefully the start of many. OOH and i bumped into JB again , who took the photos.

other birds about 240 Golden Plover , 1 sparrow Hawk, 1 Kestrel and one very special Wheatear