Yellow Wagtails

There were 2 on newly ploughed fields off Jay House Lane, Clifton this afternoon at 3.45.
A H came along and found there were 3.

The farmer is "improving" the grass by sowing rye grass probably in the fields, thus making it worse for wildlife, though we get this fleeting chance to see things attracted in. One of the recently improved fields is a mixture of rye grass and clover, which should be slightly better for insects. There were about 30 swallows feeding over these fields 2 weeks ago, when they were full of buttercups.

Others on the ploughed and tilled fields:
1 whinchat
4 wheatear
dozens pied wag
c.500 starling
47 lapwing
77 B.H.Gull
4 L.B.B "
1 1st-summer Herring Gull
4 stock dove
7 woodpigeons

In the bushes there were
c.25 Tree Sparrows in 1 flock
10 House Sparrow in seperate flock up lane to"1-5 The Clough"
This lane gave best views of wagtails.
Reed Warbler near fishing pond.
5 Goldfinches (much reduced recently)