Various Sites

Cracking day for a walk and hoped to see Skylarks and Mipits back on the hills.

Lee Dam
5 Goosander - 2 pairs and a spare redhead
4 Teal - 2 pairs
3 Mallards - 1 pair and a spare drake

Green Woodpecker at Lumbutts Clough

Gaddings Dam
A pair of Goldeneye
1 Skylark

Longfield Dam
1 Goldeneye - drake
7 Black-headed Gull
23 Canada Goose
1 Lapwing

Also a Goldcrest flew onto one of the garden bird feeders this morning, had a look at the sunflower hearts and flew off into the fir trees from whence it came. A male Reed Bunting and 3 Lesser Redpoll (2 male, 1 female) were the only other birds of note.