Hope Mr Hebb is reading this it may just cheer him up
My first trip out for a month.
[b]Grid Ref: SK 9198 15.30 - 17.15[/b]
Yellowhammer - 1 pr
Lesser Whitethroat - 1 heard
Whitethroat - 3
Coot - 6 adults + 2 juvs
Reed Bunting - 2 male
Skylark - 1pr
Grey Heron - 1
Oyk - 1
Kestrel - 1
Yellow Wag - 2
Wheatear - 1 f
Tufted Duck - 4
Lapwing - 8
Robin - 2
Chaffinch - 4
Swallow - 1
Song Thrush - 1
Gadwall - 8
Mallard - 4
Curlew - 1
BH Gull - 6
Shoveler - 1m
Shelduck - 3
LBB Gull - 1
Redshank - 1
Crow, Rook,Jackdaw and W Pigeons
Greylag - 2
Mute Swan - 3
Northorpe Beck and Copse: 17.50 - 18.20Cuckoo - 1 heard and recorded, it was very close to us but couldn't find it, but it was lovely to listen to
Mistle Thrush - 1
Goldfinch - 1
Chiffchaff - 2
Blackbird - 1
Wood Pigeon - 3
Scotton LWT Reserve: 18.40 - 20.30Tree Pipit - 1
Cuckoo - 1 heard
Blackcap - 2
Robin - 1
Willow Warbler - 3
Magpie - 2
Blue Tit - 1
Great Tit - 1
Crow and W Pigeon
Stock Dove - 3
Chiffchaff - 3
Blackbird - 1
Grey Partridge - 2
A nice change from the garden and hearing one Cuckoo would have been fantastic but hearing two was brill. Oddly we saw very little in the way of raptors, we did expect to see a Buzz but alas didn't. We both enjoyed the sun and warmth it brought. Looking forward to next trip out.
Kind regards
John and DJ
HELLO ALL,
SORRY I PUT WRONG GRID REF, NOW CHANGED TO CORRECT ONE. I WAS EXTREMELY TIRED LAST NIGHT!