From 7 am 12 noon today 

Holden Wood:-

approx 18 cormorants 

3-4 moorhens

4 coot

3 teal

Min 14 mallard

7 lapwing

2 oystercatcher

1 kestrel 

1 mistle thrush in song 

1 pied wagtail 

Good numbers of meadow pipit displaying 

Good numbers of reed bunting wrens 

1 dunnock 

0 b h gulls in morning then around 8 later 

1 pheasant 

2 lesser black backed gulls 

2 great crested grebe although 1 at start

Biggest surprise of all was a little grebe 

Musbury Height :-

3 stock dove over

1 ring ouzel male

1 kestrel 

 1 curlew

4 min lapwing

Musbury :-

1 kestrel 

 3 male pheasant 

2 mallard over 

4 stone chat - 2 pairs 

1 buzzard 

9 wheatear - 2 singles and a fall of 7 which must have just landed as just seen on return 

1 g s woodpecker 

2 green woodpecker yaffling 

4 curlew - 2 pairs - both see flying form path but on musden head moor

a possible lizard or shrew.....something dark and slim slipped out of sight

quite a few singing skylark

some queen bees out

5 peacock butterflies around musbury and musden heights

-- Edited by sarfraz on Monday 6th of April 2015 02:58:31 PM

-- Edited by sarfraz on Monday 6th of April 2015 09:43:38 PM