A morning walk up past Robin Hood's Well, round the back of Alden and down past the lodge back to Holcombe Road.

Path up to Robin Hood's Well

1 redpoll  (photo)

1 stonechat (m)

1 dunnock

Alden Lodge

4 Canada geese

1 GS woodpecker

2 treecreeper

2 blackcap  (photo)

1 pied wagtail

Rest of the Valley

3 Raven - 2 in nest  (photo)

Stonechat - 1 pair

1 golden plover

2 linnet

1 sparrowhawk soaring

1 curlew heard

4 swift

3 skylark

8 swallows

many meadow pipits