We were busy this morning finishing laying a hawthorn hedge near Elaine's seat on the embankment. There we heard a Siskin, Redpoll and a Great Spotted Woodpecker before the rain got heavier.
But before that Harold Heath and Clive Mitchell saw a Kestrel and Sparrowhawk and I found more evidence of Willow Emerald egg galls on some Willow twigs.
25 Golden Plover alighted in a stubble field on the eastern side of the marsh at 09.25hrs (JP).
42 Canada Geese, c20 Teal, 1 drake Shoveler and 20 Gadawll were on the wader scrape. A Cormorant was on the main scrape with a Kingfisher.
A single Redpoll was present.
A walk around after dark provided male and female Tawny Owl calling to each other (D. Standish/CG).
The valley bottom is well flooded now. Bullfinch is not a bird we have seen much of this year.
