Craggs

A long day down the Craggs filming Great Spots feeding young at nest, blue tits feeding young in a tree hole......(time after time after time......no stopping these parents).......winged male hairy wood ants.....still haven't found a Green Woodpecker nest this year. Heard two calling. No sign or sound of any Redstarts, Wood Warblers or Pied Flycatchers along the stretch from the lower car park, passed the Mill and up to the turning circle in the pines.
Willow Warblers were abundant, but Chaffinches all over, 1 Chiffchaff singing near the car park, 3 Blackcaps, 1 Garden Warbler, another pair of Great Spots, Nuthatches all over the place with 1 pair breeding near the mill, Robins singing all over, Song Thrush emulating Curlew, Mistle Thrush, Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Wren, loads of Jackdaws nesting, plenty of Swifts and Swallows, Mallard, Curlew pecking Carrion Crows tail, Cuckoo calling on the tops, Coal Tits, Treecreepers, Blue and Great Tits using several nest boxes, and a Roe buck chasing a Doe (twice)