My first ever visit to the Mosses on Sunday morning.

2 Red-legged Partidges in field with horses off Rindle Road
Corn Bunting at field 59

The following at field 63:

Yellowhammer
Corn Bunting
Cuckoo - heard calling and then flew over while I was trying to photograph the Yellowhammer
5 Stock Doves
Wheatear
Buzzard over

Very enjoyable morning - will have to go there more often!

ian,don,t know how you could have missed em off the report i,m claiming me 12 Rhode Island Reds in the tournament,.

cheers geoff

mid-morning

Buzzard & Cuckoo over Astley Moss SSSI
singing Corn Bunting on wires, field No.59
2 Grey Partridge, field No.60
2 Red-legged Partridge nr. Messuages Fm.
numbers of Yellowhammer, Tree Sparrow, Whitethroat, Willow Warb round Bedford Moss.

(J.Meadows, G.Hargreaves & I.Woosey)

-- Edited by Ian Woosey at 19:06, 2007-05-13

Hi Ian
A bit quiet on the moss this afternoon as the rain came down , just a Sparrowhawk and 2 Buzzards flying over f19 and f18. I went looking for the whimbrels but could not find them.

It was nice to meet you Ian and this is an excellent web site.

6 Yellow Wagtails and 4 Wheatear on field number 20 (plus afew Skylarks and Meadow Pipits) plus 14 Stcok Dove on field 63 this afternoon.