Out with dogs again , more time to spare though than two days ago. Sunny with very heavy and very frequent showers. birds noted today: Great - crested Grebe 1ad + 1 juv Pheasant Grey Heron 1 B H Gull Woodpigeon Skylark Meadow Pipit Blackbird Long - tailed Tit Great Tit Chaffinch Linnet Kestrel 1 Herring Gull Swallow 10+ Wren Mistle Thrush 15+ Blue Tit Jay 4 Magpie Goldfinch Common Redpoll Green Woodpecker - Heard stifled call intermittently on two occassions and one full yaffle but frustratingly was not able to locate it. Heard one call breifly in more or less same location on 22 August, couldn't locate that one either, could this be the same bird?
8.45 - 10.00 out for brief walk with dogs before work, sunny then a heavy mist decended for a short while. Large numbers of Meadow Pipit, Linnet, Goldfinch & Skylarks passing over. Other birds included: Swallow 50+ House Martin10+ Sand Martin Reed Bunting 4 + Jay 8+ Pheasant - flushed by the dogs Lapwing Plus all the usual woodpigeons etc.
On path back to Plank / Common Lane by football pitch a mixed flock of: Long - tailed Tit 40+ Redpoll 30+ Siskin10+ Great Spotted Woodpecker
all in all quite a worthwhile walk even though I was a few minutes late for work
