First time watching away from garden for two months, and only did this cos I went to Kirton G C.
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Swallow - 4
Sand Martin - 2
House Martin - 4
Black-head Gull - 1
Linnet - 4
Carr Dyke: 1615 - 1650
Main reason for going other than I love the place ( brings back happy childhood memories) was in the hope of seeing the yearly Yellow Wags, especially after reading the sombre posting by GPC, I found reading that very upsetting and I daresay many others did as well! We had to really struggle to find anything but found the following: Red-leg Partridge - 2, Linnet - 2, Moorhen - 1, Pied Wag - 2, Swallow - 2 and YES a pair of Yellow Wag
. We didn't see them until I was driving away from the pumping station, the male flew low past us and then I spotted the female on the overhead wire, she then flew onto the track looking for insects where she had cover from the wind.Grid Ref: SE8909
Swifts mobbing Sprawk.
Yellow Wag - 1f
It was good to get out for a change and especially going down Butterwick Road and the extremely fresh farmyard smell
it certainly cleared my sinuses.Kind regards
John