Ewden shooting lodge and return 25/10/15.

From 10-15am till dusk with D.Simmonite. Breezy with good light but chilly with not much warmth from the sun. Totals - 1 rt Hen Harrier, 1 Short Eared Owl, 1 Peregrine, Sparrowhawk 1, Common Buzzard 6, Kestrel 5. A very good 13+ Ravens with 3 showing very well. Movement with 1+ Golden Plover, 1 Brambling, 3 Skylarks, 150+ Fieldfares, 8 Redpolls, 10+ Siskin, Meadow Pipit 25+, Mistle Thrush 4, and a suprising band of 5 Long Tailed Tits at the lodge. Additions were a pair of Stonechats, 3 Jays and 1 GS Pecker.