Hardcastle Crags Yesterday etc

Hardcastle Crags

A quick visit yesterday am.

4 nuthatches. 3 near the car park and one near Gibson Mill. First time I've seen one in the latter location.

1 treecreeper.

2 gs woodpecker-1 m & 1f.

1 greenwoodpecker heard but not seen.

6 goldcrests close to the main track to Gibson Mill.

Little grebe still on the top pond beyond the mill.

Dipper c.half a mile beyond Gibson Mill.

Numerous long tailed tits.

Plus usual species.

Jerusalem Farm/Luddenden Dean

A quick visit yesterday pm

Extended good views of a dipper around the altered pond/dam area. It caught two fish which it struggled to swallow.

Numerous gs woodpecker calls but only fleeting glimpses of two.

Plus usual species.

Et duo homines avis antiquus, Derek et Stuart.