Ewden valley 18/7/22. D Nichols, S Green.

Breezy with shade at the lodge but still too hot for the birds with Buzzards nowhere to be seen. Pair of Red Kites the only larger raptors with Kestrels the most numerous with 6+. Hobbys 3+ with a juv/imm hawking White Carr, Peregrine 1. Golden Plover 2, Stonechat 6, Swift c 6, Meadow Pipit c 20. Stoat 1 on track briefly.