08:00-10:00
Set off aiming to go over Reap's Moss but the area is being redeveloped for a wind farm, with much disruption, so avoided the area...probably like many birds! So I went around Tooter and then back up Greave Clough.
Kestrel, 4 single birds with probably 2 pairs,
Curlew, a pair on Reap's Moss,
L.B.B.Gull, c12 over west,
Wood Pigeon, c12 on farmland,
Stock Dove, 1 near Sharneyford school,
Swift, 4 in Grave Clough with a pair nesting under a house's troughing,
Skylark, c15 singing birds,
Swallow, c30 around the farms,
House Martin, 2 over west,
Meadow Pipit, c20,
Pied Wagtail, 2,
Mistle Thrush, pair in Greave Clough,
Willow Warbler, 2 singing in Greave Clough,
Goldcrest, 1 singing in Greave Clough,
Starling, c50 feeding on pasture inc several juvs,
House Sparrow, c8 on roofs on Tod Road,
Chaffinch, 4 singing birds,
Goldfinch, 2,
Linnet, group of 3 taking water from a puddle,
Reed Bunting, 1 in brief song.
Regards,
David Nuttall.