Blake Dean and Gorple

I had a few hours in Blake Dean and the Gorple area with highlights being

Spotted Flycatcher (my earliest ever) in Blake Dean with another (or the same) in nearby Gorple Clough later on. Tree Pipit in Blake Dean and good numbers of Lapwing in the area with three pairs with chicks and two on nests, they seem to be doing well.

Ring Ouzel nest found with young approx 1 week old with a female carrying food in another location.

Pair of Little Ringed Plover on Gorple with a Sanderling there, also 5 Tufted Duck and two pairs of Greylag Goose with young (1 & 5) , 5 Oystercathers in the area plus all the usual species

no Whinchat or Cuckoos around yet though