Swallows & house martins in the valley this weekend. Mrs Splatcher saw the swallows yesterday whilst I was otherwise engaged in Calderdale. Semi-comatose on the sofa an hour ago I scanned the valley with my binoculars looking for them, & saw the martins - easier to see at a distance as they fly higher so there's sky behind them rather than trees. Then a peregrine flew into the garden, perched on the top of the willow for a couple of seconds & flew off, leaving a very worried looking woodpigeon in the willow...