A nice surprise this morning to hear the Chaffinch, who has been singing for at least a month, joined by a singing Blackcap.
Blackcaps are fairly regular in the winter in the garden area, less frequent in the spring, and don't usually hang around for very long.
First trip out with the North Bucks Bat group last night.. small group of us checked out the Wendover arm of the Grand Union Canal near Weston Turville in the hope of finding some roosts.
Didn't succeed in finding a roost, but picked up plenty of Soprano Pipistrelles (Pipistrelle species that echolocates most strongly at 55 KHz).
The Pips were first seen quite early in the evening, indicating we were close to the roost, but weren't able to close in on the exact tree / building.
Also a Little Grebe, Kingfisher, Tawny Owl, Goldcrest and Mistle Thrush in this peaceful area.
On the way home, got my first Daubenten's bat of the year at the local duck pond... Finding where they roost would be interesting. Nice to be picking up bat calls again.. Spring really is here!
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