A very quick visit to Sedgley Beacon at lunchtime, with the specific hope of seeing if any wheatear were around. I see migrating birds every year on the site but unfortunately not today.
There were no whitethroat either, they haven't set up residence yet. There are usually a good number of birds to be seen and heard.
The birds I did see were the usual suspects such as greenfinch, great tit, blue tit and so on. A good number of house sparrow - male and female - around the entrance at the top of Beacon Lane.
Quite a few carline thistle still showing from last year on the west slope, along with coltsfoot in certain places. Lots of dandelion everywhere, in full bloom.