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Shannon Llewellyn


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Few hours round here today, late morning through to dusk:

5+ goldcrest
1 coal tit heard
1 willow tit
5 nuthatch
8+ siskin
1 goldfinch
6 bullfinch
2 redwing
5 song thrush
3 jay
1 great spotted woodpecker heard
1 green woodpecker heard yaffling in trees adjacent to the hay field
8 ring-necked parakeet
2 stock dove over
3 teal on long pond
1 grey heron
2 common gull
3 herring gull over
2 cormorant over
1+ kestrel

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Dusk visit. This site requires a proper corvid roost / pre-roost count.

Raven 1 solo bird flew in from the west at 15.27, dropping into the Ees seemingly to join the corvid flock but not relocated.
Jackdaw 1200 - 1400 moving west out of Chorltonville
Carrion Crow - many arriving from the west, possibly 200+, wouldn't be surprised if there are a few Rook in there
Magpie 60+
Ring-necked Parakeet c20
Sparrowhawk 1
Kestrel 1
Grey Wagtail 1

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brief walk around this morning, highlights being 2 willow tit, 1 kestrel, 1 sparrowhawk, 2 buzzard, 7 ring-necked parakeet, 3 bullfinch, 1 goldcrest, 2 treecreeper

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Best birds from my first brief visit this morning:

1 or 2 Ring- necked Parakeet- my first GM record!

6 Siskin.

1 Buzzard and 2 Kestrel.



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Shannon Llewellyn


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Few hours over Hardy Farm and Barlow Tip this afternoon; pretty productive:

4 goldcrest
1 treecreeper
2 nuthatch
20 - 30 lesser redpoll (15 - 25 over on Hardy Farm, heading over the wood, 5 mobile on Barlow Tip)
2 goldfinch
5 chaffinch
6+ bullfinch
1 reed bunting
1+ grey wagtail
2 song thrush
2 mistle thrush
4 - 5 jay
1 great spotted woodpecker
2 mute swan on the river, both 1st winter
1 grey heron (on golf course)
6 common gull (on training pitch)
7 herring gull over
5+ cormorant over (seemed to be heading back and forth between the water parks)
1 kestrel

Also possibly a couple of siskin over, though a single faint call wasn't enough to confirm.

Buzzard in the old cow field on the Ees when heading home.

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Dusk this evening;
Buzzard (1) over
Tawny Owl calling
Woodcock (1) flew out the old cow field - great view against the night sky
Alongside the normal show of Jackdaws going to roost there seems to be a growing roost of Crows in the woods (compared to recent years). Giving the Buzzard and Owl a hard time

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Cow field this afternoon.

1 buzzard
10 ring-necked parakeets
3 teal over
12 siskin over
1 great spotted woodpecker
2 grey heron
1 goldcrest with tit flock
Nuthatch heard.

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Chris Sutton


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Hardy Farm quiet this morning.

Chorlton Ees Cow Field:

Snipe (2)
Buzzard (2)
Plenty of Parakeets
Kestrel on Hay Meadow.
Heron in Field.

and at dusk:
Buzzard
Woodcock (1)

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Sunday 28/10, 2 kingfisher on the Mersey between the reedbed pond and Sale WP.
Around the reedbed pond (which was undergoing management), 5 redwing, 1 song thrush, 3 blackbird on the rowan trees. One flock of c.20 redwing over south.
1 kestrel hunting over the rank grassland and willowherbs. Some siskin over (heard only).

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Stonechat (1) foraging amongst the Creeping Thistle this morning on Hardy Farm.

Other than that quiet apart from a noisy Nuthatch and a few Reed Bunting.

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Willow Tit on Hardy Farm this morning

Last night saw a Kestrel hunting the Cow Field around dusk - very few and far between this year in the area. Usual pair of Buzzard present.

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Chiffchaff singing away in the Orchard area this morning was a nice surprise. Also a small flock of Fieldfare over.

Yesterday in the Cow Field - 2 buzzard and a large female Sparrowhawk being harassed. Constant movement of noisy Ring-necked Parakeets overhead - one group of around 20.

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Few hours around here today; morning to afternoon:

2 goldcrest
3+ chiffchaff
4+ blackcap
2 coal tit
4 or 5 willow tit (2 Ivy Green, 2 or 3 meadow pond)
3 or 4 nuthatch
2 greenfinch
4+ bullfinch heard
2 house martin
10+ swallow
1 grey wagtail
7+ jay
1 great spotted woodpecker heard
1 stock dove
1 grey heron
1 cormorant over
1 sparrowhawk
2+ buzzard

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Quick visit to Hardy Farm around mid-day;
Raven (2) - flying high south east
Great Spotted Woodpecker (1)
Buzzard - one adult soaring and fledged young calling from nearby woods
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A few hours this evening; eerily quiet from the Bowling Green entrance to the brook, nary a wren calling. From there, birds came back into evidence a little:

1 chiffchaff heard
5 blackcap
17+ goldfinch, mostly in a flock flitting over the meadow pond field
1 reed bunting
4 swallow
6+ song thrush singing
1 jay
3 swift
1 great spotted woodpecker
1 stock dove
1 grey heron
1 kestrel
1 buzzard

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Originally posted today by Simon Cunningham:

At 17.20 on 19june. Adult cuckoo crossed the field twice in 5 minutes taking three different perches 5/6 foot off the ground. No calls. Left field over the gate end. Whitethroat and reed buntings calling. Pigeons, magpies, thrushes about. No interest from other birds. 



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Shannon Llewellyn


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Evening mooch:

5 chiffchaff
12 blackcap
8 whitethroat (including two fledglings at Ivy Green)
2 reed warbler heard singing
1 grasshopper warbler (same location as before)
1 greenfinch
7 reed bunting
c15 song thrush
3 great spotted woodpecker (including two juvenile)
c10 swift
1 grey heron nest at least still active

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Few hours around the Ees today:

8 chiffchaff
11+ blackcap
7 whitethroat
3 reed warbler
1 willow tit
2 nuthatch
5+ goldfinch
5 greenfinch
2 chaffinch
2 bullfinch
6 reed bunting
2 swallow
1 grey wagtail
10 song thrush
1 jay
6+ swift
3 great spotted woodpecker (pair around nest-site)
Mallard and Canada goose broods on river
1 grey heron on nest
1 black-headed gull
1 buzzard

-- Edited by Shannon Llewellyn on Saturday 26th of May 2018 06:04:54 PM

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Evening wander; 7.20 - gone 10:

4 chiffchaff
12 blackcap
4 whitethroat
3 reed warbler
1 grasshopper warbler heard (from rough grass between path to river and meadow pond; a reed warbler here, too)
6 newly fledged long-tailed tit
4 reed bunting
13+ song thrush
2 swift
1 great spotted woodpecker heard
1 stock dove
1 grey heron
1+ tawny owl

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Late post for yesterday- 3:30-5pm. Several Common Whitethroats heard in the Meadow field, two seen (1m, 1f). Two Reed Warblers at the Meadow Pond seen briefly. And I *think* I heard a Grasshopper Warbler- are there any insects round there that would make the same sort of sound?

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Nice calm sunny morning - ideal for Grasshopper Warbler but none seen

Kingfisher along Mersey

Pheasant

pair of Ring-necked Parakeets at Jacksons Boat

Willow Tit

at least 2 singing Reed warblers

10+ Common Whitethroat

Blackcap

Chiffchaff



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Morning and early afternoon spent around here today; quite quiet generally (apart from wren and blackcap, most counts came in on the low side):

2 goldcrest heard
6 chiffchaff
12 blackcap
3 whitethroat
1 willow tit heard
3 chaffinch
5 reed bunting
7 song thrush
1 mistle thrush
4 jay
1 great spotted woodpecker
1 goosander flying along the river's course
c6 grey heron, with at least two busy nests
1 kestrel
1 sparrowhawk
1 buzzard

10 magpie gathered around a few feathers remaining of one of their fallen comrades by the dry weir pool, acting in a very agitated manner. Heard of this phenomenon, but never seen it before.

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Pheasant

Swallow

Reed Warbler - dipping pond

Common Whitethroat

Blackcap

Chiffchaff



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Swift 2
Swallow 1
Grasshopper Warbler 2 reeling briefly, meadow field
Common Whitethroat 1, meadow field
Willow Tit 1
Buzzard 1
Sparrowhawk 1
Ring-necked Parakeet 5

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8:00 to 8:30 am - My usual morning walk around Hardy Farm.

Significantly more warblers around today with signing blackcap, willow warbler, chiffchaff and a pair of whitethroat (first of the year).
Kestrel over mobbed by a crow
Sparrowhawk over mobbed by 3 crows.
Pheasant heard
Reed Bunting

No sign today of the pair of Lesser Black Backed Gulls which have been patrolling the training pitch for the last few days.

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Willow Tit, a pair at Ivy Green flew across Hawthorn Lane into the trees on the Turn Moss side
Common Whitethroat 1 singing male in the meadow field
Stock Dove 2
Nuthatch 2 singing
Great Spotted Woodpecker 1 leaving probable nest hole

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Grasshopper warbler heard reeling in the cow field this morning.
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Very enjoyable day spent around here today. Ees / Ivy Green, 9.20 - 2:

6 chiffchaff
1 willow warbler
7 blackcap
2 treecreeper (one nest-building)
2 nuthatch
11 goldfinch
1 greenfinch heard
2 chaffinch
4 bullfinch
7 reed bunting
1 grey wagtail
10 song thrush
1 mistle thrush
10 - 20 jay (very conspicuous all over, often in groups of 3 or 4, with a pair gathering nesting material)
4 great spotted woodpecker
1 stock dove
1 water rail heard
1 moorhen heard (both at meadow pond)
c5 grey heron, at least one occupied nest
1 sparrowhawk
2 buzzard

Hardy Farm, Barlow Tip and habitats in between, from about 2 - 4.30:

12 chiffchaff
6 blackcap
2 coal tit
1 treecreeper
5 goldfinch
2 greenfinch
2 chaffinch
3 bullfinch
1 swallow
2 grey wagtail
2 song thrush
3 jay
1 green woodpecker (female, on Barlow Tip; a patch first for me)
2 ring-necked parakeet
1 pheasant


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Blackcap 1
Chiffchaff 10
Sparrowhawk 2
Buzzard 2
Kestrel 1
Great Spotted Woodpecker 1
Jay 8
Nuthatch 1 (visiting nestbox on Ivy Green)
Greenfinch 2
Reed Bunting 1



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Lovely afternoon for a walk around Ees/Hardy farm/barlow tip

Chorlton ees highlights:
1 Kestrel
3 Ring necked Parakeet
Lots of Chiffchaffs in the area now, mostly heard singing
Grey Heron

Hardy Farm:
Probable pheasant (f)
Chiffchaffs
Bullfinch
Reed bunting
Treecreeper
Great Spotted woodpecker

Barlow Tip:
Woodcock
Common Snipe
Great Spotted woodpecker
Bullfinch
Chiffchaffs
Lots of great tits
still good numbers of redwings
Mistle thrushes



-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Wednesday 28th of March 2018 04:25:16 PM

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Had to drop a bike at Velo Times this morning so spent time trying to track down the Chiffchaff heard last week.

Lots of noise and activity, but of note at HF 1045-1215;

Pair of Kestrel (watching F in photo attached who took flight and was joined by M in aerial display)

Carrion Crow with Frog (photo)

Redwing (c.20)

1 or 2 Chiffchaff (photo)



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Late afternoon walk today highlights: Hardy Farm area: 2 Meadow pipits, feeding on Hardy farm, a patch tick for me I think Bullfinches Chaffinches Great Spotted Woodpecker 2 Grey Heron Barlow tip: Great spotted Woodpecker probable Snipe, very brief sighting Bullfinch Redwings Buzzard (Also had 1 Woodcock here on 19th March) Chorlton Water Park: 3 Kingfishers 2 Goldeneye 1 Great crested grebe Chorlton ees: 30 redwings 2 Grey Heron C. 300 Jackdaw Reed bunting 1 Treecreeper 1 Kingfisher flying down river

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Doing some volunteering work on the meadows this morning after usual dog walk.......

Snipe (1) - Hardy Farm
Kestrel (f) Hardy Farm
Buzzard (1 - 2) Cow Field
Tawny Owl - calling from the car park at the bottom of the cobbled rod at midday
Great Spotted Woodpecker - calling

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8:15 to 8:45 Hardy Farm today. Generally quiet.

Grey Wagtail (2)
Snipe (1) - came out the same spot as yesterday and recent sightings
Willow Tit (1)

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Fantastically productive few hours around Hardy Farm, Barlow Tip and adjacent habitats this afternoon. Patch ticks galore (well, three):

2 goldcrest
1 treecreeper
3+ goldfinch
2 greenfinch heard
1 chaffinch
4+ bullfinch
1 reed bunting
3 stonechat (2m 1f)
10 - 15 meadow pipit
2 grey wagtail
c20 redwing
7 song thrush
1 fieldfare
2 mistle thrush
3+ jay heard
2 great spotted woodpecker
1 jack snipe (sitting tight on the river bank in full view; my first one)
2 cormorant
2 herring gull over
1 kestrel
1 sparrowhawk (male, I think, though an extremely fleeting view)
3 buzzard


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Ride and walk around Barlow Tip, CWP and canal in blizzard conditions yielded, of note;

6 Ringneck Parakeets (huddling low out of the wind on river) 

2 Redwing

2 Pochard

4 Common Gull

1 Warbler in with Long Tailed Tits (not the best views so cannot confirm specifics. Most likely the ChiffChaff mentioned below by Steve)

1 Buzzard

 


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My first chiffchaff of Spring feeding quietly in a flock of long-tailed tits and goldcrests this afternoon.

Strangely, not a single chaffinch to be heard or seen on a walk from Chorlton Water Park back to Stretford.



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Today, morning through to early afternoon. Lovely day for it, and lost of song to be heard.

4 goldcrest
1 treecreeper
2 nuthatch
3 goldfinch
9+ chaffinch
2 greenfinch
5 bullfinch
5 reed bunting
5 song thrush
4 jay
3 great spotted woodpecker
2+ stock dove
1 water rail heard
2 teal (on flooded wooded area between old cow field and path to river)
3 - 5 grey heron coming and going from their nesting area
1 kestrel
2 buzzard

Sparrowhawk over Stretford Ees, and 2 grey heron on dry weir pool.

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8:30-9:15 this morning Hardy Farm

Snipe 1
Lapwing 1
Kingfisher 1
Teal 1 (m)
Buzzard 1
Fieldfare 6
Pied wagtail 1
Meadow Pipit 2
Great Spotted Woodpecker 1 - drumming in the usual area.
Ring-necked Parakeet 1

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3:00 - 4:00 pm around the Ees. Still strong wintery winds. Of note....

Meadow Pipit and redwings showing in small numbers across all the fields

Turn Moss
lapwing 4
snipe 1 - sat out in the open and flying from spot to spot - I suspect trying to find some unfrozen ground to feed.

Hay Meadow
Lapwing 1 - probably the same bird as yesterday
Buzzard - 3 over towards the cow field

River Mersey downstream of Jacksons Boat
Grey Wagtail 2
Meadow Pipit ..... feeding at the waters edge
Wader - Most probably Dunlin feeding at waters edge but it disappeared as I moved to try and get a better view.

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8:45 - 9:30 am today - Hardy Farm. Strong blustery cold winds.

Kingfisher 1
Snipe 1
Lapwing 4 - flew through low
Meadow Pipit 5
Buzzard 1
Ring-necked parakeet 10
Redwing c30
Nuthatch 1 - calling
Looks like the woodpeckers drumming branch has fallen victim of last nights winds.

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3:30-4:30 today - around the Ees. Snow on the ground and high gusty freezing winds

Buzzard 1 - sat in the tree in the middle of the cow field - looked like last years juv.
Ring-Necked Parakeet 2 - flew across the cow field
Fieldfare - feeding among the dead willow herb area on the meadow pond field
Redwing 20 - feeding among the pile of cut grasses in the meadow pond field - accompanied by Blackbird, Robin and Song Thrush
Lapwing 1 - only 25 feet away from of me on the path - either exhausted or just resting from the winds. A rare site seeing one of these on the deck around the Ees these days. A very handsome bird - made braving the cold worthwhile
Bullfinch 3 -meadow pond field
Reed Bunting 1 - Hay Meadow

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8:40 - 9:10am today on Hardy Farm - blizzardy with snow on the ground. But brightened up by the birds;

Bullfinch 6
Great Spotted Woodpecker 1 - struggling to fly into the wind, and one later drumming on the usual tree
Meadow Pipit 1 - not seen many of these around this area for a while
Ring-necked Parakeet 4
Grey Heron 1 - looking miserable
Kingfisher 1 - looking miserable
Reed Bunting 4
Mute Swan 3 - over

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Yesterday late afternoon walk highlights:

1 Buzzard
3 Great Spotted Woodpecker
3 Treecreepers (Best views i've probably ever had, i.e. not immediately hopping around the other side of the tree as soon as you get yours bins up).
2 Willow Tit
2+ Water Rail heard
Reed Buntings
2 Teal over the woodland ponds (probably flushed from there)
5 Ring necked Parakeet
4 Grey Herons
6 Redwing

Lots of the regular stuff

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Hardy Farm and Barlow Tip, from around 11.30 - 2.20:

8 siskin
3 lesser redpoll
11+ goldfinch
2 greenfinch
2 chaffinch
7 bullfinch
2 reed bunting
6 redwing
4 mistle thrush
1 great spotted woodpecker
1 common gull
1 kestrel


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Great Spotted Woodpecker (1) - drumming on the same tree as yesterday on Hardy Farm.
Jack Snipe (1) - flushed then landed right by/on the path - was immediately harassed and chased by 2 magpies, landed and took off again before it finally shook them off.
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Day around here today. Nice day for it; counts:

Ees:

1 goldcrest
1 nuthatch
15-20 siskin, flew from heronry in flock across river towards Sale Water Park, plus two in alders by brook.
5+ goldfinch
2 greenfinch
3 chaffinch
5 bullfinch
1 reed bunting singing
19+ redwing
6 song thrush (all but one singing)
1 jay heard
2 great spotted woodpecker heard
2 stock dove
1 or 2 water rail heard (very close to me, though I couldn't see them)
131 (or thereabouts) pink-footed geese over, heading se (approx 10.30 - 11)
5 grey heron very active around the heronry
1 cormorant over
1 common gull over
2 kestrel (several sightings)
3 buzzard

Hardy Farm, Barlow Tip, etc, in the afternoon:

2 goldcrest
1 willow tit heard calling in Hardy Farm orchard
6+ lesser redpoll (Barlow Tip)
1 goldfinch
2 chaffinch
9 bullfinch
1 reed bunting
5+ redwing
3 song thrush
3+ jay
2 (or more) great spotted woodpecker heard calling (repeatedly)
1 buzzard (same as one of the above, I'm sure)

Pretty sure I heard a tawny owl call when on Barlow Tip, but over the din of assorted corvids and ring-necked parakeets, I needed it to do it again to be certain; it didn't.


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Of note this morning.

2 skeins of Pink-Footed Geese heading North at c 9:45 over Hardy Farm - the first c120-150 closely followed by c 30 (I didnt have my bins so hard to count).
Great Spotted Woodpecker Drumming (1)
Willow Tit (1)

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Hardy Farm, Barlow Tip and surrounding habitats from approx 10 - 2 today:

1 willow tit heard briefly at the woodland edges of Hardy Farm
2 nuthatch
c15 siskin
5+ lesser redpoll
c10 goldfinch
4 greenfinch
4 chaffinch
8+ bullfinch
2 reed bunting
1 grey wagtail
10+ redwing
2 or 3 song thrush (one singing)
2 mistle thrush
4+ jay
1 great spotted woodpecker heard
5+ ring-necked parakeet
5 common gull on the football pitches
1 cormorant over
1 kestrel
1 sparrowhawk
1 buzzard

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Walk around Hardy Farm at just after daybreak;

Snipe (1) - flushed from rough grassland area
Goldfinch (10)
Reed Bunting (4)
Long-tailed Tit (1)
Ring-necked parakeet (4)
Goosander (1f) on the river
Grey Wagtail (1) on the river
Siskin (1) over
Bullfinch - heard
Kestrel (1m)
Heron (1) - usual spot on the flooded path by the football field
Interestingly no Gulls on the field this morning and very few in the recent week.
Plus usual stuff ... Blue Tit, Great Tit, Robin etc.

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