Blackbirds feeding young as are Robins in the garden. Normal nesting Chaffinches, Goldfinches, Dunnocks, Nuthatch, Blue Tits, Great Tits - all the nest boxes used this year - House Sparrows, plus a pair of LT Tits for the first time in the immediate area of the house. A Greenfinch has been singing for the last week - despite being strangely absent from the feeders in the winter. My regular pair of Mallard have been with us since late February and lots of copulation taking place - with as usual, more than one male, The singing Blackcap appears to have moved on. A lone Treecreeper was the first I have seen in the garden for some years - I used to have a regular breeding pair. The occasional Barn Swallow flying over/around but none entering the shed where they have nested in past years. No House Martin as yet. Marsh Tits still visiting the feeders and are holding territory on the river bank. There appear to be two Dipper territories - one between the two road bridges and one further upstream above the footbridge near the Cwmins.