Saturday 18th May 2024

11 folk took part on our Monthly Public walk on Saturday, on an overcast but warm and still day.

We were lucky enough to hear, then see flying – a Cuckoo! There were also singing 2( we think) Lesser Whitethroat, 2 well- grown Great Crested Grebe young , 4 flying Lapwing, Greylag and Canada Geese with goslings and a couple of Swift – my first this year.

Full List – 44

Canada Goose , Greylag Goose, Mute Swan , Mallard, , Swift , Cuckoo, Woodpigeon , Collared Dove , Coot , Great Crested Grebe , Lapwing ,Herring Gull , Lesser Black-backed Gull , Cormorant , Grey Heron , Sparrowhawk , Buzzard , Kestrel , Magpie, Jackdaw , Carrion Crow, Blue Tit , Great Tit , Skylark , Sand Martin, Swallow , Cetti’s Warbler , Long-tailed Tit, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff , Reed Warbler, Blackcap , Lesser Whitethroat , Whitethroat, Wren , Starling , Song Thrush , Blackbird, Robin, House Sparrow , Dunnock, Bullfinch , Linnet , Goldfinch