SH: 1 Pheasant. A pr of noisy Raven flying around low overhead. 1 Green Woodpecker on a telegraph pole. 1 Kestrel, Swift & Skylark. Several Swallow, 1 Blackbird ditto WW.
Ogden Res: adult and juvenile Sparrowhawks still noisy.
1 GC Grebe, c20 LBBG & c35 BHG. A reprise of SH; a Green Woodpecker perched on a telegraph pole! I’m so glad I managed photos of these birds, mediocre as they are.
The golf course was poor; couple Meadow Pipit, few Swallow. At Hunter Hill bottom another Green Woodpecker flew into a stand of trees. For the sake of my sanity I presume this was the previously seen Ogden bird moving on.
The woods at Mixenden Res produced 2 more screeching Sparrowhawk. The adult bird was seen in flight. This is simply a case of being a different breeding pair to the Ogden birds, I heard the calls on a previous visit some days back but couldn’t confirm the species.
Security Guard still present around the reservoir. Canoe club on the water and yet again not a single watery bird present.
