Monday 8/2/16.

Wilthorpe Marsh - Very steady, 1 J Snipe and 1 W Rail flushed from regular spots. Buzzard 2, Sprawk 1. Info received from the new landowner of old north gawber pit stack of breeding LE Owls last year. Adult with 1 chick seen. Fleets Dam - Pair of Parakeets this aft. asleep in hawthorn on north bank. Yesterday on the moors a brief stop at low moor had a pair of Ravens. Ewden very quiet with no sign of any harriers after an hour at the lodge. From the road Peregrine again near ewden height which flushed 60 Fieldfares and 100+ Starlings. Roll on the Ospreys.