Is anybody out there?

 Well I don't know what has happened? Very few bird records over the past few days.  Does this mean that the spring migration has finished and that the birds that have arrived are simply getting down to breeding? Or are there less folk out birding or perhaps turning to look at other things like butterflies and orchids??

I have spent quite a bit of time out and about,  mainly at Blueberry area, Harrington Airfield , Lamport area and Pitsford Reservoir,  but have very little to show for it. My best birds have been Barn Owl,  Turtle Dove, Grasshopper Warbler and Grey Partridge.   Other folk have reported Greenshanks and Hobbies at Summer Leys,  Goosander at Hardingstone Lake,  Spotted Flycatcher at Towcester,  Osprey at Hollowell and Brackley and Cuckoo at Ravensthorpe,  Walgrave,  Hartwell and Stortons GP. 

Despite the slightly warmer weather butterfly records have also been sparce. Green Hairstreak,  Grizzled and Dingy  Skipper have been on the wing at Ditchford Lakes and Tywell Hills and Dale's.  I have just been bumping into the common butterflies,  Brimstone,  Peacock,  Orange Tip, Common Blue, Small Copper,  G V White, and Speckled Wood. 

The week ahead looks warmer and more settled which will be nice. Perhaps we might get a few interesting birds,  who knows? Have a good week. 

Regards Eleanor