RAB covered Shooters Bottom and valley opposite with RE with 3 members of the BHRG were ringing in Whitbread Hollow. LP and JP were also covering most sites on the Headland. The Wryneck was still present in Shooters Bottom, and good numbers of Yellow Wagtails present. Blackcap numbers are now steady with Wheatears and Whinchats showing well. Hirundine numbers are on the low side.
Combined totals:
Little Egret 2
Common Buzzard 3
Hobby 2 Headland (LP, JP)
Kestrel 2
Peregrine 1
Golden Plover 1 W over Headland
Yellow-legged Gull 1x1stW Top fields photo (LP,JP)
Wryneck 1 Shooters Bottom
Green Woodpecker 1
Swallow 200
Sand Martin 50
Tree Pipit 6 (1 Hollow, 5 Headland)
Yellow Wagtail c80 feeding with cattle
Grey Wagtail 10 flew over Headland
Whinchat 10 (2 Hollow, 8 Headland)
Stonechat 10 Headland
Wheatear 15 Headland
Common Redstart 1
Song Thrush 1 Hollow
Grasshopper Warbler 1 Hollow
Sedge Warbler 3 Headland
Reed Warbler 24 (20 Hollow, 4 Headland)
Lesser Whitethroat 4 Headland
Common Whitethroat 55 (30 Hollow, 25 Headland)
Garden Warbler 4
Blackcap 90 (70 Hollow, 20 Headland)
Chiffchaff 2
Willow Warbler 14
Spotted Flycatcher 3 (2 Hollow, 1 Headland)
Long-tailed Tit 1 Shooters Bottom
Jay 1 Hollow
Raven 2
Painted Lady 5 Hollow
Red Admiral 6 Hollow
