HAPPY YORKSHIRE DAY
17 - 22 degrees, 6/6 cloud this morning, 8/8 by mid afternoon, and a south westerly wind.Wintersett Res: 2 Lttle Egrets flew over south at 07.25hrs + 1 south over Haw Park at 09.45hrs. A Redshank was on the boathouse slipway.
Anglers CP: Arctic Tern 3 Snipe 1. Common Tern 6. Common Sandpiper 1. Lesser Whitethroat 1. Green Woodpecker 1 + 1 ringed by Archie at the ruin + 2 Walton Hall. Tufted Duck 5 vs young. An unringed juvenile Peregrine was hunting Black-headed Gulls at 15.05hrs - unsuccessfully!
125 Birds were ringed WRes. Highlights were: 52 Swallow. 13 Blackcap. 1 Garden Warbler. 17 Reed Warbler . 3 Sedge Warbler . 7 Willow Warbler. 8 Whitethroat. 1 Lesser Whitethroat. 10 Chiffchaff.
Critter: A Grass Snake was seen at Walton Hall.
Juvenile Peregrine (unringed) ACP CSwaine
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