Crowle Moor NNR,Sunday April 24th 2016.

With a few reports beginning to slowly trickle in of the first Large-red Damselflies of the new season being seen,i primarily visited the NNR today to try and find my first records for the season,but sadly it was not to be due to the poor,cold weather again.
 All was not lost though,as a few avian sightings managed to keep me interested,the best of which were 2 Brambling picked up firstly on the subtle 'Yeck yeck' flight call followed by the more familiar 'Eeep' alarm call as i neared too closely.This species is always a nice bird to encounter and the huge flock's sometimes seen in autumn and winter are a joy to see.
 The rest of the bird species seen,were all summer visitors and i felt a little sorry for them in the cool temperatures today.
 First records for the year among the 'Summer' migrants included 3 singing male Whitethroat and a singing male Cuckoo,which i didn't see unfortunately,the 'Nettle Creeper's' being a personal fave species.Also seen on their long journey's from Africa included at least 21 singing male Willow Warbler,4 singing male Blackcap and finally 5 singing male Chiffies.
 So today's visit wasn't mega productive,but with a few nice photo subjects,it was a nice visit all the same.

Singing male Chiffchaff.