Over a week since my last post

I can't believe it has been a week since my last post and a week since I have done any birding.  Of course, the weather has not been the best for birding with the usual wind and rain.  Yesterday, was ideal for birding with bright skys and no gusts of wind but I decided to get up late and spend the day around the house instead.  Late in the day we went to visit some friends of ours for afternoon tea.  They have a garden to be envied with good mature trees and lots of cover which attracted during the short time we were there several species, including; Wood Pigeon, Colllared Dove, Bullfinch, Greenfinch, Goldfinch, House Sparrow, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Carrion Crow and Robin.

After a night of southerly winds I decided to get  up early this morning to see if any early Wheatears were resting up on the local Racecourse.  Unfortunately, the site was completely empty besides a couple of Skylarks and two Grey Herons.  After breakfast, I decided to take a drive around the area to look for loafing gulls and headed for Barford, Ashorne and then Wellesbourne Airfield.  My search proved to be fruitless with just a few Common Gulls found along Hareway Lane and nothing, not even a Lapwing on Wellesbourne Airfield.  I decided to head home and take refuge from the wind and rain and opted for some decorating for the rest of the day.  Hopefully things will improve over the next few weeks with migrants coming to our shores.