Ewden track 22/5/19 afternoon.

Challenging conditions with heat haze and at times cold under dark cloud. Still good for falcons with 3 Peregrines which included a pair together assumed to be the same birds seen earlier in the month at the lodge and an imm. with missing left primaries. 2 Merlins mobbing and the first Hobby of the year flew up the valley. C Buzzard 5, Raven 3, 1 pair of Ring Ouzel, c 30 Meadow Pipits. Worthy of a mention was a male Mallard which flew from stainery clough down the full length of the valley. Lastly, 2 male Cuckoos still present.