I would like to provide an update on a sighting I reported from the east coast mainline of a Hobby at the end of March last year.
Iam obviously aware that most references state the birds do not arrive back in the country until April.
Obviously since then I have taken a keener interest in the birds return dates.
Photographs have this week appeared on RSPB birders website of a pair of Hobbies in Buckinghamshire.
I have further come across material from the Woodland Trust stating that the birds are known to in some cases return in March..
I am 100 % certain it was a Hobby I saw at relatively close range with distinctive and unmistakable 'red trousers' .
So please keep your eyes open as I believe these things can't be set in stone.