Went up to stocks reservoir today to see if I could bag a Gropper (GRasshOPPer warblER), tree pipit (should we shorten this to TRIPPIT?) or cuckoo for this years list. No luck with these, but garden warblers singing in car park and 200m past the new hide. Seems like millions of willow warblers and chiffchaffs singing now too.
Nowt much more to report really.
Common sandpipers have now joined the oystercatchers, LRP's, lapwing and redshank around the shores.
These pics were digiscoped from quite some distance away. Click on photos to see larger version.
3 of the 6 pairs of greylags now have goslings.
Other waterfowl present were GC grebes, goosander, merganser, mallard, teal and cormorant.
Its was windy over champion moor, so no shorties (short eared owls) hunting and the little owl at shays barn was hiding (just inside the window) from the wind too. The tawnies in the back field are still roosting near my box, I'll pop out at dusk to see if there is anything going on.
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