Flying around the polluted beck in the Clough were c10 Sand Martin 😋. One bird actually inspected one of the old holes in the small sandbank there briefly. Just one or two Swallow seen.
Further down by the footbridge a Garden Warbler was singing its heart out.
About 4 each Blackcap & Chiffchaff & 7/8 WW 3 Whitethroat. 1 each Moorhen Grey & Pied Wagtail. Quite a few Goldfinch 3/4 Linnet. 2 loudly singing Song Thrush.
Doe Park has a lot of shoreline but waders weren’t having any of it just a Grey Heron & a Cormorant present.
The Shay (bottom Soil Hill) made for a busy 25 minutes. A Buzzard being chased and chastised by a Lapwing.
One Snipe seen in flight with another chipping in the vicinity.
2 Whitethroat ditto Skylark. A few Meadow Pipit couple Blackbird & 4 Linnet.
