About some 20 minutes later I had clearer views of an adult female Merlin perched on a wall near the top of Haigh Cote dam. As Pete stated this raised the question of a possible second bird?
Also: 1 Little Grebe ditto WW & Reed Bunting. The track was buzzing with 7/8 Stonechat 3 Wheatear 5/6 Pied Wagtail & a 3/4 Goldfinch. Two Kestrel seen on Cold Edge Road.
Ogden Water was eye wateringly boring and well noisy with visitors. I did get a soaring Buzzard though.
A pair of Redstart graced the Carr’s Beck fence again with a male Wheatear nearby.
