Courtesy of DM along with DW.
1 Red Kite ditto Kestrel. Cuckoo heard, 1 Dipper ditto Tawny Owl seen perched and in flight.
Oystercatchers, Curlews, Common Sandpipers, Lapwings. Pr Red-legged Partridge
Oystercatchers, Curlews, Common Sandpipers, Lapwings. Pr Red-legged Partridge
F Goosander with young also f Mandarin with 7 young. 2 male Mandarin.
Couple Swift, few House and Sand Martin ditto Swallow. Few Grey & Pied Wagtail
3 Redstart, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 2/3 Pied Flycatcher. 3 singing Garden Warbler, several singing Blackcap with one showing well. WWs & Chiffchaffs. Treecreeper, Nuthatch, Mistle & Song Thrush & expected woodland types.
The first Redstart sighting was dramatic: the bird dropped down to a wall top where underneath it a Stoat was dragging a freshly killed Rabbit along the wall side.
