April 6th
The threatened rain did not really materialise this morning as we completed our now regular exercise walk. We saw 10 Chaffinches, 4 Cetti's Warblers, 8 Skylarks, 7 Chiffchaffs, 4 Blackcaps, 2 Jays, 2 Long-tailed Tits, 2 Mute Swans, 6 Mallard, 3 Kestrels, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Coot, 1 Barn Owl, 5 Sedge Warblers, 1 Whitethroat (136th), 1 Swallow W, 2 Yellow Wagtails (137th), 2 Willow Warblers,4 Greylag Geese, 5 Gadwall, 3 Shoveler, 3 Linnets, 1 Reed Bunting, 44 Corn Buntings, 3 Meadow Pipits, 4 Song Thrushes, 6 Goldfinches, 1 Sparrowhawk and 1 Grey Heron.
Mike Longdon found a male Common Redstart (138th) on the track between Netherhale and Shuart this afternoon.