Monday, 19 May 2014

Little Don Valley

Delmont Grange -  Spotted Flycatcher and 5 House Sparrows (first here)
Fox Clough - 2 singing Mistle Thrushes and 1 singing Redstart.
Hordron Bank - two pairs of Lapwing with young and a pair of Wheatear.
Upper Hordron a pair of Stock Dove and a pair of Wheatear.
Little Don Valley - Mallards with broods of 6 + 6 ducklings, a pair of Common Sandpiper, 2 Cuckoos, two pairs of Stock Doves (at Hordron), 2 Ravens, 25+ singing Willow Warblers, three pairs of Dipper - also independent young, four pairs of Ring Ouzel (with adults carrying food at three sites), 2 singing Spotted Flycatchers, 6 singing Redstarts, two pairs of Stonechat (one with 3 fledged young), 2  (1 male) Greenland Wheatears (at Hordron), 1 singing Pied Flycatcher,  and just one pair of Grey Wagtail.
Langsett Reservoir - 18 Canada Geese + 6 goslings, 1 drake Teal, 7 Mallards, a pair Tufted Duck, 2 Little Grebes and 4 Common Sandpipers..

Mammals
1 Roe Deer, 1 Mountain Hare, 2 Brown Hares and Rabbits (lots of).

Butterflies
40+ Green Hairstreaks, 5+ Small Whites, c50 Green-veined Whites and 2 Speckled Woods.

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