07:15 - 10:15
Grey Heron, 1 on Holden Wood,
Canada Goose, 33 adults & 7 goslings,
Mallard, 2,
Kestrel, family party of at least 4 & single male,
Buzzard, 1 hunting low over the moors,
Pheasant, 1,
L.R.P , 3,
Lapwing, c20,
Curlew, pair flew over calling,
B.H.Gull, c6,
L.B.B.Gull, c30 soaring over horncliffe area,
Little Owl, 2 on a drystone wall,
Swift, 2,
Kingfisher, 1 fishing on lodges near Robin Hood,
G.S.Woodpecker, 1 calling,
Skylark, c6 singing well,
Swallow, c12,
House Martin, c12 inc birds gathering a mud / moss mixture for their nests,
Pied Wagtail, male with 2 young,
Meadow Pipit, c12,
Song Thrush, 1 sunning itself (probably still drying out from yesterday!)
Willow Warbler, c12 singing well,
Blackcap, c3 singing,
Chiffchaff, 1 singing,
Spotted Flycatcher, 1 in tress by old railway lines,
Nuthatch, 1 singing from trees by old railway lines,
Starling, flock of c40,
Chaffinch, c12,
Goldfinch, 4,
Linnet, 2 near Ogden,
Reed Bunting, c5 singing.
Regards,
David Nuttall.