They're back! As to whom - take your pick! Since our last blog, which concluded with the arrival of our first Ospreys, their steady arrival was complemented with the likes of Chiffchaffs, Willow Warblers, Blackcaps, Sedge Warblers, Sand Martins, Swallows, Swifts, Tree Pipits, Wheatears and Cuckoos. Everywhere we look and listen, Spring has truly arrived - even despite the usual 'blip' of snow that came in the last week of April. As I've recommended before, it's a good time to revise bird calls for species that you're not so familiar with in order to pick them out. This is especially the case for the rarer species, with Wood Warbler (the high speed spinning coin in the tree canopy) and Grasshopper Warbler (reeling away like a winding reel on a fishing rod) being good examples of knowing what to listen for in order to close in on the bird...and hopefully see it! The latter (nicknamed 'Gropper' by some birders) is particularly skulky. I was somewh