Cragg Vale Sunday

A BTO survey visit meant an early start. Of interest were:
Dunlin singing on the bank of the reservoir
Common Sandpiper 2
Nice selection of usual waders.

Many migrants now in with Whinchat by the car park, Ring Ouzel feeding on the dam (probably not breeding in the clough this year), Cuckoo, Wheatear, plenty of Willow Warblers and Swallows. In Cragg Vale plenty of House Martins now in.

There are at least 3 pairs of Stonechat

Kestrel are breeding in the church tower again.

Raven in the clough, seen once and heard several times - this species regularly over Cragg Vale in the last week.