08:45-09:45

Cold, windy, hail, c4 degrees; what a change!

Mallard, 4 males plus a pair,

Sparrowhawk, female whizzed through and put up c6 pipits and 3 pied wagtails from rough pasture,

Curlew, 1 calling from the hills,

L.B.B.Gull, 3 through south,

Skylark, c4 singing birds,

Meadow Pipit, c20, some in display,

Pied Wagtail, 2 pairs plus the 3 disturbed by the hawk,

Willow Warbler, 2 singing birds in the car park,

L.T.Tit, 1 in car park,

Carrion Crow, a group of around 20 marauding over the conifers and hillsides,

Chaffinch, c12, many in song,

Goldfinch, c20 in charms to 6,

Greenfinch, 1 over calling.

Regards,

David Nuttall.