10/4/20 Wharncliffe Chase + woodland fringe

Early mist eventually lifted and provided another great birding walk around the Chase.

Yellow Wagtail - 1 flew low south calling in the early morning mist, my first of the year.
Redstart - male gave brief song from traditional territory, my first of the year.
Stonechat - cracking pair gathering nesting material, the male was in full breeding magnificence!
Tree Pipit - 3 disputing territory along western side.
Snipe - initially heard chipping then displayed widely over southern end.
Raven - one seen carrying food again in same direction as before then 2 together later.

+ 6 Chiffchaff, Blackcap, 50+ Willow Warbler, 15+ Skylark, 40+ Meadow Pipit, 4 Stock Dove, Redwing, 12 Fieldfare, 6 Curlew (good number), 10 RLP, 3 Yellowhammer, 3 Green Woodpecker, 16 Linnet, 2 Lapwing, 3 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, Goldcrest and 3 Cormorant on the pylon above Howden.

Blackcap - male

Coal Tit

Tree Pipit

X3 Cormorants

Stonechat - female with nesting material