A Surprise Annual At Cold Edge

Another warm un that boosted my 2025 list by 2 species 😌. My first Wheatear was a male on a wall up Lumb Lane. The next addition really was unexpected but most welcome. In a row of bushes just below Leadbeater Dam a female Redstart was flitting about 😁. 

Not much wader activity besides Curlews. 2 Lapwing in separate fields. A pr Tufted on Haigh Cote Dam.  2 Grey Wagtail. 1 Swallow ditto WW & Reed Bunting. 2 Meadow Pipit & a Greenfinch.

Lucky for me and my mobile bone a Painted Lady wasn’t in any kind of rush.