More migrant arrivals and signs of birds breeding

More Spring arrivals today with my first local Willow Warbler (I heard one at Carsington last week) and Tree Pipit in the Flash Lane area with House Martin a couple of days ago.
Evidence of the breeding season getting underway with drake Mandarins chasing a female over Rowsley and a female Siskin having a comical tussle with some Sheep's wool which it was struggling to remove from a Hawthorn bush.

Mandarin drakes chasing a duck

Siskin collecting nesting material

Off course other species are much further advanced with Mallard ducklings on the river already and I'm expecting juvenile Common Crossbills on the wing some time soon and had great views of a young male bird on the moors today.

Common Crossbill - presumed first summer male