Friday 1st May a.m.
An over night frost meant it was a cold 1°C as we arrived at Harden Moor but the sun was shining as we checked a wall for Little Owl but no sign of them today.There was a
Curlew though along with
Jackdaws,Magpies,Rooks,Pied Wagtail & a
Pheasant.We then took the path next to the quarry where the
Sand Martins were in their usual spot, seeing the first of many
Mipits & a pair of
Song Thrushes.
We then had a choice of direction left would take us towards a yaffling
Green Woodpecker or right towards the call of a
Cuckoo, the latter won but we didn't get a sighting of the bird.
We came back seeing some distant
Linnets & got close to the
Green Woodpecker but we only got a brief glimpse as it flew off.There were plenty
Willow Warblers in full song & we saw the usual
Redpolls,Bullfinches,Chaffinch & other common species also made appearances.The highlight came when we heard a different song more tuneful & a richer sound & then we spotted the
Garden Warbler which was great to see.
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| Garden Warbler |
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| Good to see & hear a Garden Warbler |
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| Willow Warbler |
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| male Bullfinch |
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| male Chaffinch |
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| Redpoll |
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| Meadow Pipit |
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| Harden Moor 1/5/15 |
nice one with the Garden Warbler.
ReplyDeleteYou did well to get such a great pic.
John
Thanks John, had to play hide & seek for a while.
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