White Stork of unknown origin in the freshly cut field alongside the A574 Warrington Road, directly opposite the Raven Inn around midday/early afternoon.
The bird, now gone, was apparently a Little Egret after all.
Ian McKerchar said
Thu Jun 13 1:16 PM, 2024
White Stork of unknown origin in the freshly cut field alongside the A574 Warrington Road, directly opposite the Raven Inn around midday/early afternoon.
Rob Smith said
Sat Feb 24 7:21 PM, 2024
Jackdaw - 30, spiralling & interacting high overhead, pre breeding/pairing activity?
Rob Smith said
Sun Feb 18 6:06 PM, 2024
Pink footed Geese - 80 low to east this morning
pete berry said
Tue Nov 21 12:28 PM, 2023
A check round Glazebury Sewage Works produced at least 1,possibly 2 wintering Chiffchaff in trees adjacent to the filter beds. Also seen Goldcrest,Blue and Great Tit,several male Blackbirds feeding on the filter beds with the usual Pied Wagtails. A bit quiet really but some cold weather might push a few more birds to feed there,as it's been really mild recently.
Rob Smith said
Wed Oct 25 6:52 PM, 2023
This am
Pink footed Geese - 150, in 2 skeins heading NW
Rob Smith said
Mon Aug 7 6:25 PM, 2023
Swifts, 30 drifting SW this morning
Rob Smith said
Mon Jun 5 8:19 PM, 2023
whoops, I believe the previous record should have gone onto Moss Lane, Astley, Chat, Moss/Little Woolden & associated mosses
Rob Smith said
Sat Jun 3 11:21 PM, 2023
A walk down Moss lane at dusk. Quail calling occasionally from field opp bungalow also Grasshopper warbler reeling within UU site & Tawny Owl calling nearby.
Rob Smith said
Thu Feb 2 6:20 PM, 2023
Repeat walk of last year from Culcheth - Culcheth Carrs - East Lancs etc. Just a few of the usual farmland birds, its dire how populations have changed!
Linnets - 60+
Yellowhammer - 5
Corn Bunting - 2
Chaffinch - 20, all the above in mixed flock
Mistle Thrush - 4, singing birds on the walk
Song Thrush - 4, singing birds
Fieldfare - 80
Redwing - 15
Jackdaw - 250
Rook - 40
Kestrel - 1 male
Great spotted Woodpecker - 1
Stock Dove - 20
-- Edited by Rob Smith on Thursday 2nd of February 2023 06:21:15 PM
Rob Smith said
Sat Oct 22 2:00 PM, 2022
Red kite drifting north over village
Rob Smith said
Tue Jan 25 2:39 PM, 2022
A pleasant walk from Culcheth to East Lancs via Withington Avenue, Culcheth Carrs & back.
Mistle Thrush - 4
Fieldfare - 60
Redwing - 22
Linnet - 250 in mixed flock on set aside adjacent to East Lancs. Nice to see such impressive numbers, this day & age!
Brambling - 50+ in same flock
Chaffinch - 20+ in same flock
Lapwing - 60
Woodpigeon - 300+ on same set aside
Rob Smith said
Mon Jan 24 10:42 PM, 2022
Quick visit to sewage works. Pied Wagtail 140, 40 on field joined by 100 coming off works in single flock; Grey Wagtail, a really striking male; Goldcrest 2 + usual residents.
pete berry said
Sat Dec 11 11:23 AM, 2021
An hour round the perimeter of the sewage works in the hope of a wintering Chiffchaff was unsuccessful, no sign of any in the usual places. In fact apart from reasonable numbers of Pied Wagtails on the filter beds there was very little bird wise. Just a couple of Goldcrests and a few Blue Tits. Very disappointing compared to previous winters.
Rob Smith said
Fri Oct 29 5:02 PM, 2021
Mistle Thrush - 2 over part way down Moss Lane
Grey Wagtail - 2, [1 adult male/1 immature] foraging beneath one of the Solar Arrays. Workman nearby so little to see on the usual beds although vegetation is high & obscures the view.
Very little else in the wind & rain
John Watson said
Fri Oct 29 10:29 AM, 2021
Culcheth, Holcroft Lane - y'day 28th
~500 Lapwing on or near freshly ploughed field at Franks Farm
pete berry said
Sat Feb 27 2:57 PM, 2021
A quick look round the perimeter of the sewage works on the way to Little Woolden produced at least 8 Reed Buntings feeding on midges in the trees around the perimeter. Still plenty of Pied Wagtails flicking between the fields and filter beds,and approx 30 Black Headed Gulls on the grass inside the works.
Rob Smith said
Thu Feb 4 2:58 PM, 2021
A stroll alongside the treatment works provided a bit of interest.
Chiffchaff - 1, (collybita) seen & gave a few short notes now & then
Goldcrest - 4,
Long tailed Tit - 12+
Mistle Thrush - 2 in adjacent field
Pied Wagtail - 50+, flying between works & field
Rob Smith said
Mon Jan 11 4:06 PM, 2021
A pleasant but cool walk down Moss Lane to the farms & back again, snow & ice mostly gone
Kestrel - female was the only raptor seen
Lapwing - 20
Mistle Thrush - 2
Jackdaw - 500+
Starlings - 700+
Tree Sparrow - 30
Greenfinch - 6 among the above flock
Chaffinch - 40+, flitting about the trees
Corn Bunting - 12
Yellowhammer - 6
Treecreeper - 1 on tree beside R. Glaze
+ the usuals
John Watson said
Tue Jan 5 10:06 PM, 2021
Rob, I've been to the Sewage works several times since Christmas - no sign of the Chiffchaffs. However, more of the birds (Tits, Goldcrests, Bullfinch) seem to be in the denser cover North of the works (warmer?), so they could still be around. Several Lapwing on the fields 3 days ago
Seems like the geese have left the area, though
Rob Smith said
Tue Jan 5 6:37 PM, 2021
Observing the new Tier 4 restrictions, decided on a farmland walk, exit via back gate & along the local footpath network to fields alongside Holcroft Lane and ending up at Glazebury Treatment works. With a noticeable thaw underway a lot of birds out feeding on the fields.
Mallard 12, on local farm pond
Kestrel 1, female
Stock Dove 120, this various sized flock has been around for a few weeks
Fieldfare 150, total of two separate flocks on different fields
Redwing 10+, not seeing much of these birds this winter.
Starling 800+, again in separate flocks
Skylark 150+
House Sparrow 30 in farm hedge
Chaffinch 40+
Greenfinch 10,
Yellowhammer 3
Treatment Works, pretty quiet but workman close by probably disturbing stuff
Goldcrest 1
Grey Wagtail 1, female looking a bit bedraggled
Pied Wagtail 40+
No sign of any chiffchaff
pete berry said
Sat Dec 26 3:49 PM, 2020
Still 3 Chiffchaffs around the works this morning, unfortunately all looking like collybita. Also 3 Reed Buntings feeding on midges in the trees around the edge of the filter beds and small numbers of Goldcrest, Long Tailed Tits and Blue and Great Tits. On the winter crop field just west of the works 72 Pied Wagtails, with good numbers still on the filter beds,must be well in excess of 100 of these birds in the area. Also at least 150 Black Headed Gulls feeding around the works and 3 Bullfinch in the nearby trees.
pete berry said
Tue Dec 22 2:52 PM, 2020
Another visit to Glazebury Sewage Works this morning produced 3 Chiffchaffs all feeding in the same general area ,unfortunately all of which we just collybita ,and no sign of the possible tristis. Also there 3 Reed Buntings, couple of Goldcrest and a party of Long Tailed Tits feeding in the surrounding trees. Plenty of Pied Wagtails, a single Grey Wagtail and numerous Black Headed Gulls feeding on and around the filter beds.
Rob Smith said
Mon Dec 21 1:54 PM, 2020
That's to John Watson re partridges
Rob Smith said
Mon Dec 21 1:53 PM, 2020
Cheers John, nice record & good to hear
JOHN TYMON said
Sun Dec 20 12:59 PM, 2020
Still 800-1000 Pink Footed Geese just south of the M62 Towards the SE side of Holcroft Moss this morning and early afternoon. They are on private land with little disturbance so seem more settled than previous weeks
pete berry said
Sun Dec 20 12:27 PM, 2020
Another look around the sewage works this morning was interesting with at least 4 Chiffchaff in the area one of which is a good candidate for tristis. I was watching 2 Chiffchaff one of which was the possible tristis type,the other one which was loosely associating with it was giving a typical collybita call,whereas the possible tristis was completely silent . Whilst I was watching these 2 birds a further 2 Chiffchaff were singing away further behind them !!!. Eventually the 2 Chiffchaff split up and both disappeared into the cover. Elsewhere around the site the usual good numbers of Pied Wagtails,a few Goldcrest and Long Tailed Tits etc feeding on the masses of midges present.
John Watson said
Sat Dec 19 12:09 PM, 2020
Rob, I see you lament the loss of Grey Partridge in the area - a few days ago, I forgot to mention a covey of 9 of them at the entrance to Frank's Farm on Holcroft Lane, in the stubble
JOHN TYMON said
Fri Dec 18 7:56 PM, 2020
Still 1000-1200 Pink Footed Geese just south of the M62 Towards the SE side of Holcroft Moss this morning and early afternoon.
Rob Smith said
Tue Dec 15 7:49 PM, 2020
Decided to give my local patch at Silver Lane a miss today & take a wander along footpaths leading to Treatment Works near Moss Lane at Fowley Common
Pink footed Geese - 5-600 in fields at Hanging Birch Farm off Holcroft Lane
Starling - 1200 in same area
Yellowhammer - 14 in same area
Mistle Thrush - 2 in same area
Treatment works and surrounds.
Pied Wagtail - 60+, put to flight by workmen & onto fields & then back again a short while later
Grey Wagtail - 1 among flock
Chiffchaff - 2, usual species
Goldcrest - 1
Fieldfare - 35
Kestrel - female sunning itself on edge of field
JOHN TYMON said
Sat Dec 12 1:01 PM, 2020
1000 - 1300 Pink Footed Geese over and around the area South and East of Holcroft Lane this morning in several large flocks , I have a feeling the farmers are paying a Helicopter and small plane to buzz the area to get rid of the geese as they were disturbed 6 times today by the Helicopter and headed towards Little Wooldon and attempted to land there , but came back up and split into 6 groups going in all directions when I left. 2000 Starling 1500 Woodpigeon , and 200 Skylark also on the Stubble Fields to the south of Holcroft Lane.
-- Edited by JOHN TYMON on Saturday 12th of December 2020 01:52:21 PM
John Watson said
Sat Dec 12 10:46 AM, 2020
Y'day (Friday) at Glazebury sewage works
1 Chiffchaff (collybita) near orange gate
That's about all
pete berry said
Wed Dec 9 2:17 PM, 2020
Had another look round sewage works in the hope of seeing the Chiffchaffs better,heard at least one calling but unable to licate it. The call was a typical bog standard "sweet" used by collybita.
At 15:30 about 160 Pinks flew due E, seemed to be landing distantly near E end of Little Woolden Moss (GM); too distant to see anything else in the flock
Just 2 Blue Tits, no other Parus or Chiffchaff, 3 Goldcrest - all very quiet
18 Fieldfare in the field with 2 Mistle Thrush
pete berry said
Sun Dec 6 12:47 PM, 2020
At least 3 Chiffchaff around Glazebury Sewage Works this morning, unfortunately none were calling and as I was looking into the sun it was impossible to determine if they were all ordinary Chiffchaff or not. Also large numbers of Pied Wagtails feeding on the beds and a further 41 feeding in the winter crop field just west of the works.2 Grey Wagtails and at least 100 Black Headed Gulls also in the area,and 3 Goldcrest and several Blue,Great and Long Tailed Tits feeding in the adjacent trees.
JOHN TYMON said
Fri Dec 4 12:50 PM, 2020
No sign today of the Greenland White Fronted Goose only 30 pink footed Geese in the whole area ,change of weather I think moved them to easier feeding
JOHN TYMON said
Thu Dec 3 11:37 AM, 2020
Greenland white-fronted goose in field with 250 pink-footed geese just SW of Holcroft lane 400 yards North of Frank's Farm
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Thursday 3rd of December 2020 12:27:43 PM
JOHN TYMON said
Wed Dec 2 2:09 PM, 2020
I Found a Greenland White- Fronted Goose among a roving flock of 100 Pink Footed Geese between Silver Lane and Holcroft Lane to the west of Holcroft Lane early this afternoon, the flock was disturbed by a farmers car and flew east and over Little Wooldon moss until they could barely be seen then they turned turned and came back and landed between Holcroft Lane and Little Woolden Moss on fields out of my view.
-- Edited by JOHN TYMON on Wednesday 2nd of December 2020 02:32:08 PM
-- Edited by JOHN TYMON on Wednesday 2nd of December 2020 06:03:05 PM
JOHN TYMON said
Mon Nov 23 3:02 PM, 2020
From my Vis Mig perch on my patch at 11.00 am, a massive flock of Starlings moved SE over Culcheth ,over Holcroft Moss and off towards Stockport between 7000 and 10000 strong some forming murmurations as they went. Picture just a small section of a flock that was half a mile long.:)
-- Edited by JOHN TYMON on Monday 23rd of November 2020 03:03:26 PM
Huge flock of Long-Tailed Tits (30+) with a few Blue Tits, 1 Great Tit, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Goldcrest
Tried hard for anything with a yellow brow, but nothing called. It was rather breezy, so not ideal for picking up movement, could easily have missed stuff
Numbers of Pied Wagtails picking up on the beds
Rob Smith said
Mon Oct 5 6:41 PM, 2020
Pink footed geese - 90 flying east then back again west this morning
Greylag Goose - 16 flew NW
Raven - 2 flew east
pete berry said
Sun Oct 4 4:19 PM, 2020
Thought I'd try Glazebury Sewage Works in the forlorn hope of a Yellow Browed Warbler, no joy on that front,at least 5 Chiffchaff in the general area around the works,several Jays collecting acorns and a couple of Grey Wagtails on the sewage beds. On a more disturbing note the large area of set a side that has been left for a number of years and held large nos. of finches in the winter has been ploughed over and sown with a winter cereal crop.
Lez Fairclough said
Wed Jul 1 9:00 PM, 2020
Mid afternoon quick walk down Moss Lane to edge of Little Woolden Moss & back.
Song Thrush
Female Blackcap
Corn Bunting
Pied Wagtail
Yellow Wagtail
Tree Sparrow
Common Whitethroat
Yellowhammer
Skylark
Kestrel
The walk back was very uncomfortable as my new walking boots caused blisters on both feet so
Have been out & about on local footpaths most days, so thought it was time for a BBS update on part of local patch, as of yesterday. Most expected warblers in and setting up territories including:
Chiffchaff - 14 singing males
Willow Warbler - 18
Blackcap - 10
Whitethroat - 6
Grasshopper Warbler - 3
Garden Warbler - 1
Reed Warbler - 7
Sedge Warbler - 3
But also: Yellow Wagtail - 2 pair
And on passage: Lesser Whitethroat Wheatear Whinchat
Rob Smith said
Wed Apr 8 6:58 PM, 2020
Daily self isolating walk across local countryside was very rewarding this morning albeit single records!
Red Kite - flew west to NW at 8am, a real & unexpected surprise
The bird, now gone, was apparently a Little Egret after all.
White Stork of unknown origin in the freshly cut field alongside the A574 Warrington Road, directly opposite the Raven Inn around midday/early afternoon.
Pink footed Geese - 80 low to east this morning
A bit quiet really but some cold weather might push a few more birds to feed there,as it's been really mild recently.
Pink footed Geese - 150, in 2 skeins heading NW
Repeat walk of last year from Culcheth - Culcheth Carrs - East Lancs etc. Just a few of the usual farmland birds, its dire how populations have changed!
Linnets - 60+
Yellowhammer - 5
Corn Bunting - 2
Chaffinch - 20, all the above in mixed flock
Mistle Thrush - 4, singing birds on the walk
Song Thrush - 4, singing birds
Fieldfare - 80
Redwing - 15
Jackdaw - 250
Rook - 40
Kestrel - 1 male
Great spotted Woodpecker - 1
Stock Dove - 20
-- Edited by Rob Smith on Thursday 2nd of February 2023 06:21:15 PM
Mistle Thrush - 4
Fieldfare - 60
Redwing - 22
Linnet - 250 in mixed flock on set aside adjacent to East Lancs. Nice to see such impressive numbers, this day & age!
Brambling - 50+ in same flock
Chaffinch - 20+ in same flock
Lapwing - 60
Woodpigeon - 300+ on same set aside
Mistle Thrush - 2 over part way down Moss Lane
Grey Wagtail - 2, [1 adult male/1 immature] foraging beneath one of the Solar Arrays. Workman nearby so little to see on the usual beds although vegetation is high & obscures the view.
Very little else in the wind & rain
~500 Lapwing on or near freshly ploughed field at Franks Farm
A stroll alongside the treatment works provided a bit of interest.
Chiffchaff - 1, (collybita) seen & gave a few short notes now & then
Goldcrest - 4,
Long tailed Tit - 12+
Mistle Thrush - 2 in adjacent field
Pied Wagtail - 50+, flying between works & field
A pleasant but cool walk down Moss Lane to the farms & back again, snow & ice mostly gone
Kestrel - female was the only raptor seen
Lapwing - 20
Mistle Thrush - 2
Jackdaw - 500+
Starlings - 700+
Tree Sparrow - 30
Greenfinch - 6 among the above flock
Chaffinch - 40+, flitting about the trees
Corn Bunting - 12
Yellowhammer - 6
Treecreeper - 1 on tree beside R. Glaze
+ the usuals
Seems like the geese have left the area, though
Observing the new Tier 4 restrictions, decided on a farmland walk, exit via back gate & along the local footpath network to fields alongside Holcroft Lane and ending up at Glazebury Treatment works. With a noticeable thaw underway a lot of birds out feeding on the fields.
Mallard 12, on local farm pond
Kestrel 1, female
Stock Dove 120, this various sized flock has been around for a few weeks
Fieldfare 150, total of two separate flocks on different fields
Redwing 10+, not seeing much of these birds this winter.
Starling 800+, again in separate flocks
Skylark 150+
House Sparrow 30 in farm hedge
Chaffinch 40+
Greenfinch 10,
Yellowhammer 3
Treatment Works, pretty quiet but workman close by probably disturbing stuff
Goldcrest 1
Grey Wagtail 1, female looking a bit bedraggled
Pied Wagtail 40+
No sign of any chiffchaff
On the winter crop field just west of the works 72 Pied Wagtails, with good numbers still on the filter beds,must be well in excess of 100 of these birds in the area. Also at least 150 Black Headed Gulls feeding around the works and 3 Bullfinch in the nearby trees.
Plenty of Pied Wagtails, a single Grey Wagtail and numerous Black Headed Gulls feeding on and around the filter beds.
That's to John Watson re partridges
Still 800-1000 Pink Footed Geese just south of the M62 Towards the SE side of Holcroft Moss this morning and early afternoon. They are on private land with little disturbance so seem more settled than previous weeks
Elsewhere around the site the usual good numbers of Pied Wagtails,a few Goldcrest and Long Tailed Tits etc feeding on the masses of midges present.
Still 1000-1200 Pink Footed Geese just south of the M62 Towards the SE side of Holcroft Moss this morning and early afternoon.
Pink footed Geese - 5-600 in fields at Hanging Birch Farm off Holcroft Lane
Starling - 1200 in same area
Yellowhammer - 14 in same area
Mistle Thrush - 2 in same area
Treatment works and surrounds.
Pied Wagtail - 60+, put to flight by workmen & onto fields & then back again a short while later
Grey Wagtail - 1 among flock
Chiffchaff - 2, usual species
Goldcrest - 1
Fieldfare - 35
Kestrel - female sunning itself on edge of field
1000 - 1300 Pink Footed Geese over and around the area South and East of Holcroft Lane this morning in several large flocks , I have a feeling the farmers are paying a Helicopter and small plane to buzz the area to get rid of the geese as they were disturbed 6 times today by the Helicopter and headed towards Little Wooldon and attempted to land there , but came back up and split into 6 groups going in all directions when I left. 2000 Starling 1500 Woodpigeon , and 200 Skylark also on the Stubble Fields to the south of Holcroft Lane.
-- Edited by JOHN TYMON on Saturday 12th of December 2020 01:52:21 PM
1 Chiffchaff (collybita) near orange gate
That's about all
At 15:30 about 160 Pinks flew due E, seemed to be landing distantly near E end of Little Woolden Moss (GM); too distant to see anything else in the flock
Just 2 Blue Tits, no other Parus or Chiffchaff, 3 Goldcrest - all very quiet
18 Fieldfare in the field with 2 Mistle Thrush
Also large numbers of Pied Wagtails feeding on the beds and a further 41 feeding in the winter crop field just west of the works.2 Grey Wagtails and at least 100 Black Headed Gulls also in the area,and 3 Goldcrest and several Blue,Great and Long Tailed Tits feeding in the adjacent trees.
No sign today of the Greenland White Fronted Goose only 30 pink footed Geese in the whole area ,change of weather I think moved them to easier feeding
Greenland white-fronted goose in field with 250 pink-footed geese just SW of Holcroft lane 400 yards North of Frank's Farm
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Thursday 3rd of December 2020 12:27:43 PM
I Found a Greenland White- Fronted Goose among a roving flock of 100 Pink Footed Geese between Silver Lane and Holcroft Lane to the west of Holcroft Lane early this afternoon, the flock was disturbed by a farmers car and flew east and over Little Wooldon moss until they could barely be seen then they turned turned and came back and landed between Holcroft Lane and Little Woolden Moss on fields out of my view.
-- Edited by JOHN TYMON on Wednesday 2nd of December 2020 02:32:08 PM
-- Edited by JOHN TYMON on Wednesday 2nd of December 2020 06:03:05 PM
From my Vis Mig perch on my patch at 11.00 am, a massive flock of Starlings moved SE over Culcheth ,over Holcroft Moss and off towards Stockport between 7000 and 10000 strong some forming murmurations as they went.
Picture just a small section of a flock that was half a mile long. :)
-- Edited by JOHN TYMON on Monday 23rd of November 2020 03:03:26 PM
Pink footed Geese - 600+ flew high to the east at around 9.30am. Also heard more doing same pm but south of garden & out of sight
Pink footed Goose - 200 flew east this morning, coming round and landing in the east fields a while later
Pink footed Goose - 900+ flew high, west to east in multiple skeins around 9.30 this morning, love the sound and sight of this goose!
60+ Skylark in a single flock in fields just to the west of Holcroft Lane this early afternoon.
Wed 14th Oct - Withington Ave to Chat Moss Railway, including Hitchfield & Old Woods - 13:45 to 16:15
Usually guaranteed to see a small flock of Bramblings here but none seen.
Few Tree Sparrows & Yellowhammers along field hedges with Nuthatch, Treecreeper, G S Woodpecker & Goldcrest of note in woods.
Also seen Chaffinch, Coal Tit, Dunnock, Long Tailed, Great & Blue Tits, Pheasant, Buzzard & Sparrowhawk.
Huge flock of Long-Tailed Tits (30+) with a few Blue Tits, 1 Great Tit, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Goldcrest
Tried hard for anything with a yellow brow, but nothing called. It was rather breezy, so not ideal for picking up movement, could easily have missed stuff
Numbers of Pied Wagtails picking up on the beds
Pink footed geese - 90 flying east then back again west this morning
Greylag Goose - 16 flew NW
Raven - 2 flew east
Thought I'd try Glazebury Sewage Works in the forlorn hope of a Yellow Browed Warbler, no joy on that front,at least 5 Chiffchaff in the general area around the works,several Jays collecting acorns and a couple of Grey Wagtails on the sewage beds.
On a more disturbing note the large area of set a side that has been left for a number of years and held large nos. of finches in the winter has been ploughed over and sown with a winter cereal crop.
Mid afternoon quick walk down Moss Lane to edge of Little Woolden Moss & back.
Song Thrush
Female Blackcap
Corn Bunting
Pied Wagtail
Yellow Wagtail
Tree Sparrow
Common Whitethroat
Yellowhammer
Skylark
Kestrel
The walk back was very uncomfortable as my new walking boots caused blisters on both feet so
I got a few strange looks walking back in socks!
Chiffchaff - 14 singing males
Willow Warbler - 18
Blackcap - 10
Whitethroat - 6
Grasshopper Warbler - 3
Garden Warbler - 1
Reed Warbler - 7
Sedge Warbler - 3
But also:
Yellow Wagtail - 2 pair
And on passage:
Lesser Whitethroat
Wheatear
Whinchat
Daily self isolating walk across local countryside was very rewarding this morning albeit single records!
Red Kite - flew west to NW at 8am, a real & unexpected surprise
Ring Ouzel - male
White Wagtail - dropped onto ploughed field
Swallow - 1 flew west
And 4 days ago:
Willow Warbler - 6
Blackcap - 3