A Red Kite was seen flying south-west over High Hoyland at 1415 by James Horsfield (farmer).
On another note, there appears to be an upsurge of House Martins on the estate at Higham the past couple of days with birds now starting to build nests. Prior to this there were only 2-3 birds around. Its interesting that Martin Wells had a number of birds collecting mud at Wombwell Ings and fits with a possible trend that they are only just arriving in good numbers and now attempting to nest.
Any other observations that there has been a recent increase and now serious nest building?
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Only arrived at their breeding colony at Garden Village, Stocksbridge over the past week too, Geoff.
Geoff there have been new arrivals on the Birkwood estate Darfild Road Cudworth during the last week
Noted a steady arrival of birds in Penistone since late last week. Up to 30 birds collecting mud from building site on our estate last weekend and exploring new builds
House Martins have been collecting mud on Wombwell Ings for last couple of weeks at least.
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