07:00-08:30
Icy rain showers, 3 degrees.
Canada Goose, c12, several sitting birds,
Mallard, female with 3 ducklings in Troy,
Moorhen, 1 in Troy,
Common Sandpiper, pair in Jamestones,
Snipe, drumming bird in the rain, first for ages & 'Chipping' bird were two separate birds,
Lapwing, calling bird and one displaying over distant hillside,
Oystercatcher, pair inc sitting bird,
Curlew, pair,
B.H.Gull, c18, much noise and activity,
Stock Dove, c4,
Skylark, c10, many in song,
Swallow, 2,
Meadow Pipit, c12,
Pied Wagtail, 2,
Grey Wagtail, 1,
Wheatear, 3,
Willow Warbler, c4 calling Troy / Heap Cloughs,
Grasshopper Warbler, reeling bird above Troy,
Chaffinch, c4.
Regards,
David Nuttall