A few bits from the last few days

today at Spring Mill Res

• buzzard - 1
• green woodpecker - minimum 3
• pied wagtail - 4
• swallow - c35
• house martin - 5
• chiffchaff - 2
• stonechat - 1pr with 2 juvs & 2 older juveniles in a different location
• raven - 2
• linnet - 2
• reed bunting - 3 singing males

Eastgate Woods/ Broadley today

• family parties of jay, blackcap & goldcrest 

c30 swifts feeding over Trickett's Memorial Ground this morning & c 15 feeding over Wallbank in Whitworth

Sunday 12/07

• large juv lapwing in Whitworth Quarry
• 2 snipe near Whitworth Quarry
• 2 family parties of wheatear in Lee Quarry
• flock of 20 linnets at the head of Deansgreave Road, New Line
• male siskin on the track to Lee Quarry & a juvenile on Deansgreave Road, New Line

cheers 

Kevin