20:15-21:15
Canada Goose, 31,
Mallard, females with 4 medium & 8 newly hatched ducklings respectively plus c12 adults,
Kestrel, 1 hunting grasslands,
Common Sandpiper, 1 on res bank,
Redshank, 1 on res bank was flighty and calling regularly before flew off south east,
Curlew, 1 over the moor top,
L.B.B.Gull, 2 over east,
Swift, c12 over the moors,
Swallow, c20,
Meadow Pipit, c6,
Pied Wagtail, family group of c6,
Song Thrush, 1 on log pile in clearfell,
Grasshopper Warbler, 1 reeling from rushes to the east of the res, flew 200 yards and then reeled some more!
Starling, a flock of c50 over west,
Reed Bunting, 1 calling / weak song.
Regards,
David Nuttall.