SWALLOWS back in force this evening...

No less than 6 EUROPEAN BARN SWALLOWS had returned this evening, hawking back & forth over CHESHAM FISHING LAKES; also 20 Tufted Ducks, the male Great Crested Grebe, 3 Grey Wagtails, Stock Dove and a single singing COMMON CHIFFCHAFF noted with a pair of LITTLE EGRET acting suspiciously on the POW WOW LAKE. Chris Pontin had 50+ Linnet in the vicinity of HILL FARM