May 10th (Brookland lake)

I only got as far as Brookland lake this morning,its so nice to see such good numbers of Swallows in the area again.
The Hobby was seen briefly again over the lake and a Nightingale was singing away on the edge of the car-park in the scrub along the railway bank.

May 9th (Brookland/Abbey Mead)

With all these Red-rumped Swallows about I thought it might be worth while to pop down to the lakes to see if one had turned up on our patch,no such luck though.Birds noted - Swift 40,sand Martin 20,Swallow 60,House Martin 100 and Hobby 1.It was overcast with light drizzle,the northeast wind remains.