A second visit for June - yay!
This one was really for a birthday party on Saturday night but any old excuse to spend a few hours birding :)
Very quiet everywhere, er, if you discount the mass of juvenile songbirds bouncing about in the undergrowth. A few highlights; Pochard, Curlew, two Little Owls, young Grey Wagtails, two Garden Warbler, Spotted Flycatcher, and Coal Tit.
Saturday 20th June
Morning: at Kelk Lake 3 Tufted Duck and 2 Little Grebe. Around Harpham and Lowthorpe were a Little Grebe, 3 Common Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 4 Lapwing, 1 Little Owl, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Grey Wagtail, 2 Garden Warbler (together, probably a pair), Goldcrest, 4 different Long-tailed Tit families, Coal Tit (Lingholmes Plantation), male Bullfinch.
The only non-birdy sightings were a Painted Lady, 3 'whites', a blue Damselfly and a dead Mole!
Afternoon: not much time but zipped through Foston. At Brigham Quarry were 8 Mallard, a female Pochard with 5 young (a rare breeding bird in UK), 3 Tufted Duck, 8 Little Grebe, 2 Grey heron, 2 Oystercatcher, 1 Curlew flew SW, 20+ Sand Martin holes in use, Yellow Wagtail, Sedge Warbler, and Reed Bunting. Also a Painted Lady and 3 Small Skippers here - butterfly year tick #10.
At Foston Mill there was a Spotted Flycatcher (year tick #101) seen briefly but disturbed by a dog walker after which I couldn't relocate it. Also here two juvenile Grey Wagtail showing well. Very pleased about both of these records.
On the way back to Kelk there were 120 Rook together at the north end of Foston, and just south of Great Kelk a Little Owl, 26 Blackbird, 2 Mistle Thrush, and a Tree Sparrow. All this lot were in the sprayed off fallow field by the turkey farm.
Sunday 21st June
Ouch. A slow start meant we were battling the hot sun from the off. Not ideal. Anyway, along Kelk Beck were a post-breeding flock of 150+ Lapwing, an exceptional count for June, and two Yellow Wagtails. Not a lot else apart from a second Water Vole this June.
At Cattleholmes it was also quiet but 4 Tufted Duck, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Grey Heron, 4 Coot, 6 lapwing, and a female Common Whitethroat.
Three further Common Whitethroats were along Lynesykes and a Lesser Whitethroat was near Gransmoor Lane - the seventh local site for this species this year!
Butterflys were 3 Painted Lady, 7 Small Skipper, 2 Small Tortoiseshell, 2 Large White, and 5 Meadow Brown - butterfly year tick #11.
No time for any birding in the afternoon :(
Two flyover adult Lesser Black-backed Gulls were the only gulls seen during the weekend.
Hardly took any photos, but I'll shove a few up later...
Tuesday, 23 June 2009
Tuesday, 9 June 2009
New Toy
I bought a new camera last week with the intention of taking record shots for this blog. I don't really know what I'm doing yet but am impressed with these early results at the weekend (full account in previous post).
Common Buzzard soaring. Something odd going on with the primaries in the right wing.
Blackbird on roadside verge in Little Kelk.
House Sparrow carrying food in a Little Kelk garden.
Mallard among the vegetation of the drain at Gembling.
Pleasing shot of Painted Lady underwing.
Same Painted Lady posing on the road.
Drake Pochard having an afternoon nap. A scarce bird at this time of year.
All eight cygnets on Kelk Beck. I took several shot but this was the only one where you could see all the babes.
Chuffed with this shot - a Water Vole on Kelk Beck having a good munch on the water weed. After a few minutes it slipped off into the bankside vegetation.
There's a Yellow Wagtail in there somewhere. Actually there were three together but the other two are just out of shot. Amazingly there was at least one more, maybe two in the vicinity. Despite trying none of the shots captured a good pose.
Last but not least a Hare sharing an afternoon snack with the local Woodpigeons.
Common Buzzard soaring. Something odd going on with the primaries in the right wing.
Blackbird on roadside verge in Little Kelk.
House Sparrow carrying food in a Little Kelk garden.
Mallard among the vegetation of the drain at Gembling.
Pleasing shot of Painted Lady underwing.
Same Painted Lady posing on the road.
Drake Pochard having an afternoon nap. A scarce bird at this time of year.
All eight cygnets on Kelk Beck. I took several shot but this was the only one where you could see all the babes.
Chuffed with this shot - a Water Vole on Kelk Beck having a good munch on the water weed. After a few minutes it slipped off into the bankside vegetation.
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Crappy shot of Sand Martin. Not sure what it was doing but several of them were coming to land on this dusty track.
There's a Yellow Wagtail in there somewhere. Actually there were three together but the other two are just out of shot. Amazingly there was at least one more, maybe two in the vicinity. Despite trying none of the shots captured a good pose.
Last but not least a Hare sharing an afternoon snack with the local Woodpigeons.
Some family time
Useless weather forecasters, they say rain all weekend and sure enough, not a drop. I was all ready to make other plans but decided to risk it.
Not a lot to report birdwise, unsurprisingly for June, a distant Marsh Harrier near Kelk Beck was the best of the bunch - a year tick for me (#100) though one was seen near Great Kelk just after my last visit. Other highlights; the 8 Mute Swan cygnets are all still alive, a male Pochard at Brigham is seasonally unusual, as was 2 Curlew flying east (see also Apr/May), and c150 Sand Martin is the highest count in recent years.
Saturday 6th June
Morning...
Kelk Lake - dead apart from 2 Little Grebe, 4 Coot, 2 Reed Warbler, 1 Blackcap and a Lesser Whitethroat.
Around Harpham/Lowthorpe - 1 Red-legged Partridge, 1 Little Grebe, 4 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel - including a smart male seen catching a rodent, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Grey Wagtail - first June record for New Road, 3 Blackcap, 2 family parties of Long-tailed Tits and 1 Bullfinch.
Little Kelk - single flock of 120 Woodpigeon, 1 Whitethroat, and 1 Fox lazing in among the cows!
Late afternoon...
Around Gembling - 1 Buzzard soaring over the wood to the south, and a Whitethroat. It's pretty quiet without the floods to draw in the birds. Still, it's a lovely area so I'll try to persevere.
Brigham Quarry - 1 male Pochard, 5 Tufted Duck, 4 Little Grebe, Cormorant flying SW, Grey Heron flying W, 12 Coot, 2 Oystercatcher, Lesser Whitethroat (singing by Cruckley Farm), 1 Whitethroat.
Gransmoor Lane / Barf Hill area - 44 Greylag Goose (several broods), 15 Canada Goose (2 broods of 11 young), 3 Gadwall, 1 Buzzard and 1 Meadow Pipit.
Sunday 7th June
Late morning...
Kelk Beck - the 8 cygnets first seen in May are all still alive and growing up fast. c150 Sand Martin were using the beck to feed along in the strong breeze, small groups each hawking up and down a 10-20 metre stretch. This represents a very large count for the area, and the highest in the last few years. Also seen - 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Coot, 2 Curlew flying east (very scarce in summer), at least 4 but probably 5 Yellow Wagtails (3 feeding together with 2 Pied Wagtail), 3 Whitethroat, a flock of 130 Rook, and 1 Tree Sparrow.
The finest sighting was a Water Vole in the beck - it allowed us to watch it for a while it had lunch before it swam away into the bankside vegetation. My third of the year, all in different locations.
Cattleholmes - 2 Canada Goose, 2 Gadwall, 20+ Mallard, 6 Tufted Duck, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Grey Heron, 4 Coot, 4 Lapwing, 2 male Reed Bunting.
On the way home there were a family party of Tree Sparrows near Gransmoor Lane end, and a Marsh Harrier was seen distantly being mobbed by crows somewhere over Kelk Beck. It was waay too distant to determine age/sex.
Late afternoon...
The only time for birding was a quick hours dash on the bike around Harpham where there was a Buzzard over Lingholmes, 6 Lapwing on Harpham Moor, c70 Swift in several small groups feeding near trees, and 45 House Martins over Lingholmes.
Over the course of the weekend the only gulls were - 4 Lesser Black-backed Gulls flying N or NE, and 10 Herring Gulls heading in various directions. As with April/May not a single small gull.
So my yearlist is now 100 with a further two recorded by others in the area.
Butterflys were clearly not liking the windy/cloudy weather with only a few 'whites' on the wing, probably Green-veined. However, the recent Painted Lady national invasion was still in effect with about 50-60 seen during the weekend. Butterfly list goes up 1 to 9.
Not a lot to report birdwise, unsurprisingly for June, a distant Marsh Harrier near Kelk Beck was the best of the bunch - a year tick for me (#100) though one was seen near Great Kelk just after my last visit. Other highlights; the 8 Mute Swan cygnets are all still alive, a male Pochard at Brigham is seasonally unusual, as was 2 Curlew flying east (see also Apr/May), and c150 Sand Martin is the highest count in recent years.
Saturday 6th June
Morning...
Kelk Lake - dead apart from 2 Little Grebe, 4 Coot, 2 Reed Warbler, 1 Blackcap and a Lesser Whitethroat.
Around Harpham/Lowthorpe - 1 Red-legged Partridge, 1 Little Grebe, 4 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel - including a smart male seen catching a rodent, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Grey Wagtail - first June record for New Road, 3 Blackcap, 2 family parties of Long-tailed Tits and 1 Bullfinch.
Little Kelk - single flock of 120 Woodpigeon, 1 Whitethroat, and 1 Fox lazing in among the cows!
Late afternoon...
Around Gembling - 1 Buzzard soaring over the wood to the south, and a Whitethroat. It's pretty quiet without the floods to draw in the birds. Still, it's a lovely area so I'll try to persevere.
Brigham Quarry - 1 male Pochard, 5 Tufted Duck, 4 Little Grebe, Cormorant flying SW, Grey Heron flying W, 12 Coot, 2 Oystercatcher, Lesser Whitethroat (singing by Cruckley Farm), 1 Whitethroat.
Gransmoor Lane / Barf Hill area - 44 Greylag Goose (several broods), 15 Canada Goose (2 broods of 11 young), 3 Gadwall, 1 Buzzard and 1 Meadow Pipit.
Sunday 7th June
Late morning...
Kelk Beck - the 8 cygnets first seen in May are all still alive and growing up fast. c150 Sand Martin were using the beck to feed along in the strong breeze, small groups each hawking up and down a 10-20 metre stretch. This represents a very large count for the area, and the highest in the last few years. Also seen - 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Coot, 2 Curlew flying east (very scarce in summer), at least 4 but probably 5 Yellow Wagtails (3 feeding together with 2 Pied Wagtail), 3 Whitethroat, a flock of 130 Rook, and 1 Tree Sparrow.
The finest sighting was a Water Vole in the beck - it allowed us to watch it for a while it had lunch before it swam away into the bankside vegetation. My third of the year, all in different locations.
Cattleholmes - 2 Canada Goose, 2 Gadwall, 20+ Mallard, 6 Tufted Duck, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Grey Heron, 4 Coot, 4 Lapwing, 2 male Reed Bunting.
On the way home there were a family party of Tree Sparrows near Gransmoor Lane end, and a Marsh Harrier was seen distantly being mobbed by crows somewhere over Kelk Beck. It was waay too distant to determine age/sex.
Late afternoon...
The only time for birding was a quick hours dash on the bike around Harpham where there was a Buzzard over Lingholmes, 6 Lapwing on Harpham Moor, c70 Swift in several small groups feeding near trees, and 45 House Martins over Lingholmes.
Over the course of the weekend the only gulls were - 4 Lesser Black-backed Gulls flying N or NE, and 10 Herring Gulls heading in various directions. As with April/May not a single small gull.
So my yearlist is now 100 with a further two recorded by others in the area.
Butterflys were clearly not liking the windy/cloudy weather with only a few 'whites' on the wing, probably Green-veined. However, the recent Painted Lady national invasion was still in effect with about 50-60 seen during the weekend. Butterfly list goes up 1 to 9.
Tuesday, 19 May 2009
May 'fly
I forgot to note butterflys from the weekend, though there's really not a lot to say what with all that rain. Lots of unidentified 'whites' were probably mostly Green-veined. The verges along Station Road have had the most butterflys this spring.
Green-veined White - various (several)
Small Tortoiseshell - Kelk Beck (1)
Large White - Lowthorpe (2+)
Wall - Little Kelk (2), Kelk Beck (1)
Holly Blue - Little Kelk (1)
Speckled Wood - Kelk Beck (1)
Orange Tip - Lowthorpe (1 male, 3+ total)
I think, from memory, that Walls are quite common, Holly Blue and Orange Tip locally so. Speckled Wood may be a fairly recent arrival - I don't recall seeing them in the 90s, but definitely saw one or two last year. Hmm, if only I'd been keeping records.
Right then - 5 new species for the year, giving a total of 8.
Green-veined White - various (several)
Small Tortoiseshell - Kelk Beck (1)
Large White - Lowthorpe (2+)
Wall - Little Kelk (2), Kelk Beck (1)
Holly Blue - Little Kelk (1)
Speckled Wood - Kelk Beck (1)
Orange Tip - Lowthorpe (1 male, 3+ total)
I think, from memory, that Walls are quite common, Holly Blue and Orange Tip locally so. Speckled Wood may be a fairly recent arrival - I don't recall seeing them in the 90s, but definitely saw one or two last year. Hmm, if only I'd been keeping records.
Right then - 5 new species for the year, giving a total of 8.
Through the wind and rain
May visit done and dusted. The weather was pretty poor for birdwatching with a strong breeze (varying between E and S) and plenty of rain. Even so I managed to get around most of the area and picked up a few goodies - in particular the first Hobby of the year, a couple of Cuckoos, a Garden Warbler.
Saturday 16th May
As usual the Kelk Lake - Harpham - Lowthorpe circuit was first up. Rather quiet at Kelk Lake, just 3 Tufted Duck, 2 Little Grebe, an adult Cormorant swimming about, 1 Buzzard over the wood, 6 Coot (no young visible yet), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, quite a few hurundines, 1 Blackcap and 2 Reed Warbler singing.
Moving across to Harpham continued the 'quiet' theme with just a male Kestrel hovering over the railway, 8 Lapwing, 2 Mistle Thrush, 4+ Long-tailed Tit and a Goldcrest. The activity picked up by New Road but also the first serious shower of the day. Birds here included 2 Greylag Goose, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Kestrel, 1 Cuckoo calling somewhere toward Lowthorpe, lots of hirundines: 20 Sand Martin, 60 Swallow, 30 House Martin. A pair of Grey Wagtail seen together follows the three last month and is encouraging signs of possible breeding - more so than last year, certainly. Two Sedge Warblers were furiously singing from the scrub.
Best of all was a Stoat that ran along the length of the track toward the bridge, almost running over my foot as it went! It stopped several times and raised its body to look around giving amazing views. A real corker, and totally made my morning.
Around Lowthorpe were 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker calling, 3 Blackcap, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 70+ Rook on a re-sown grass field. And that was about it for the morning. Constant rain for the last 20 minutes meant literally nothing seen between the railway and Little Kelk.
By mid afternoon there was sunshine so we trekked around Green Lane and Barf Hill. The pools on the grass fields are practically gone now so no birds there. A female Sparrowhawk flew out of a Little Kelk garden and off toward Kelk Lake. The paddock had a singing Lesser Whitethroat, which I don't recall in any previous year. Also a male Yellow Wagtail overhead.
Probably the best bird of the weekend - a Hobby - was hawking insects over Linholmes wood. This is the earliest record for me locally, most are from July-Sep. Such an early bird could be a migrant but such has been their expansion that nearby breeding must be a possibility now. A juvenile was seen at Lingholmes last autumn, just to add to that little fire.
Moving on; 4 Buzzards were soaring together over Kelk Lake, an Oystercatcher was heard calling overheard but somehow remained invisible, 8 Lapwing included several chicks and 1 Whitethroat along Green Lane was a year tick. A Water Vole was seen swimming along Gransmoor Drain - goddam they are such cuties!
Around Barf Hill; 9 Greylag Goose, 2 Canada Goose, 3 Teal (a surprise!), 4 Grey Partridge, 1 Kestrel, 25 House Martin, a pair of Yellow Wagtail, 2 Blackcap, 1 Garden Warbler, 1 Whitethroat and 4 Long-tailed Tit. Not a bad haul for the afternoon. On the way back a Bullfinch was heard calling near North End Farm.
Sunday 17th May
Kelk Beck and Cattleholmes in the morning was fairly productive, the first bird of the day was a Cuckoo heard calling from the house. A pair of Canada Goose had at least two goslings at Cattleholmes where there was also 1 Gadwall, 8 Tufted Duck (plus 2 on the beck), 2 Little Grebe, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Kestrel, 2 Coot, 1 Meadow Pipit, 4 Sedge Warbler and 4 Reed Bunting. Along the beck 16 Lapwing, 2 Curlew flew south and then about an hour later north again, a pair of Yellow Wagtail, 8 Sedge Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Whitethroat. 14 Hares were counted in the adjacent fields.
The pair of Mute Swans were tending to 8 very young cygnets - success at last. Hopefully they can fledge several of those and it will be fun to see them progress through the summer.
On the return I took a detour from the usual route and headed for Gembling where there were 2 Red-legged partridge, 6 Lapwing, 2 Mistle Thrush south of Great Kelk, 1 Lesser Whitethroat also Great Kelk, 3 Whitethroat, and 5+ Long-tailed Tit. Then more rain and soggy clothes closed play.
A shorter version of the Harpham walk in the afternoon produced 3 Gadwall at New Road, 1 female Pochard at Kelk Lake, the Cormorant again at the lake, another Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, and a brief glimpse of what might have been the Hobby again near Harpham Church. 50+ Swift at New Road, where there were also 5 Sedge Warbler in song, and several Long-tailed Tit. A Whitethroat was near the Turkey Farm.
As expected gulls were few and far between all weekend, the only ones noted totalled 15 Lesser Black-backed Gull and 9 Herring Gull all flying SW, mostly adults. No smaller gulls were seen.
The final throw of the dice was to pass Brigham Quarry on the way out until next month; 2 Gadwall, 3 Pochard, 4 Tufted Duck, 2 Little Grebe and 6 Coot.
My year list is now 99 and with the addition of Turtle Dove the recorded total is 101. This is just one down on May 2008 so I'm thinking 110 is going to be easily within reach. Bring it on!
Saturday 16th May
As usual the Kelk Lake - Harpham - Lowthorpe circuit was first up. Rather quiet at Kelk Lake, just 3 Tufted Duck, 2 Little Grebe, an adult Cormorant swimming about, 1 Buzzard over the wood, 6 Coot (no young visible yet), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, quite a few hurundines, 1 Blackcap and 2 Reed Warbler singing.
Moving across to Harpham continued the 'quiet' theme with just a male Kestrel hovering over the railway, 8 Lapwing, 2 Mistle Thrush, 4+ Long-tailed Tit and a Goldcrest. The activity picked up by New Road but also the first serious shower of the day. Birds here included 2 Greylag Goose, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Kestrel, 1 Cuckoo calling somewhere toward Lowthorpe, lots of hirundines: 20 Sand Martin, 60 Swallow, 30 House Martin. A pair of Grey Wagtail seen together follows the three last month and is encouraging signs of possible breeding - more so than last year, certainly. Two Sedge Warblers were furiously singing from the scrub.
Best of all was a Stoat that ran along the length of the track toward the bridge, almost running over my foot as it went! It stopped several times and raised its body to look around giving amazing views. A real corker, and totally made my morning.
Around Lowthorpe were 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker calling, 3 Blackcap, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 70+ Rook on a re-sown grass field. And that was about it for the morning. Constant rain for the last 20 minutes meant literally nothing seen between the railway and Little Kelk.
By mid afternoon there was sunshine so we trekked around Green Lane and Barf Hill. The pools on the grass fields are practically gone now so no birds there. A female Sparrowhawk flew out of a Little Kelk garden and off toward Kelk Lake. The paddock had a singing Lesser Whitethroat, which I don't recall in any previous year. Also a male Yellow Wagtail overhead.
Probably the best bird of the weekend - a Hobby - was hawking insects over Linholmes wood. This is the earliest record for me locally, most are from July-Sep. Such an early bird could be a migrant but such has been their expansion that nearby breeding must be a possibility now. A juvenile was seen at Lingholmes last autumn, just to add to that little fire.
Moving on; 4 Buzzards were soaring together over Kelk Lake, an Oystercatcher was heard calling overheard but somehow remained invisible, 8 Lapwing included several chicks and 1 Whitethroat along Green Lane was a year tick. A Water Vole was seen swimming along Gransmoor Drain - goddam they are such cuties!
Around Barf Hill; 9 Greylag Goose, 2 Canada Goose, 3 Teal (a surprise!), 4 Grey Partridge, 1 Kestrel, 25 House Martin, a pair of Yellow Wagtail, 2 Blackcap, 1 Garden Warbler, 1 Whitethroat and 4 Long-tailed Tit. Not a bad haul for the afternoon. On the way back a Bullfinch was heard calling near North End Farm.
Sunday 17th May
Kelk Beck and Cattleholmes in the morning was fairly productive, the first bird of the day was a Cuckoo heard calling from the house. A pair of Canada Goose had at least two goslings at Cattleholmes where there was also 1 Gadwall, 8 Tufted Duck (plus 2 on the beck), 2 Little Grebe, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Kestrel, 2 Coot, 1 Meadow Pipit, 4 Sedge Warbler and 4 Reed Bunting. Along the beck 16 Lapwing, 2 Curlew flew south and then about an hour later north again, a pair of Yellow Wagtail, 8 Sedge Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Whitethroat. 14 Hares were counted in the adjacent fields.
The pair of Mute Swans were tending to 8 very young cygnets - success at last. Hopefully they can fledge several of those and it will be fun to see them progress through the summer.
On the return I took a detour from the usual route and headed for Gembling where there were 2 Red-legged partridge, 6 Lapwing, 2 Mistle Thrush south of Great Kelk, 1 Lesser Whitethroat also Great Kelk, 3 Whitethroat, and 5+ Long-tailed Tit. Then more rain and soggy clothes closed play.
A shorter version of the Harpham walk in the afternoon produced 3 Gadwall at New Road, 1 female Pochard at Kelk Lake, the Cormorant again at the lake, another Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, and a brief glimpse of what might have been the Hobby again near Harpham Church. 50+ Swift at New Road, where there were also 5 Sedge Warbler in song, and several Long-tailed Tit. A Whitethroat was near the Turkey Farm.
As expected gulls were few and far between all weekend, the only ones noted totalled 15 Lesser Black-backed Gull and 9 Herring Gull all flying SW, mostly adults. No smaller gulls were seen.
The final throw of the dice was to pass Brigham Quarry on the way out until next month; 2 Gadwall, 3 Pochard, 4 Tufted Duck, 2 Little Grebe and 6 Coot.
My year list is now 99 and with the addition of Turtle Dove the recorded total is 101. This is just one down on May 2008 so I'm thinking 110 is going to be easily within reach. Bring it on!
Wednesday, 13 May 2009
Swiftly does it
Speak and ye shall receive. After bemoaning the lack of Swift activity, my brother rang up to let me know he'd seen about 10 flying around over the houses in Harpham yesterday evening.
Told you so :)
Told you so :)
Tuesday, 12 May 2009
Turtle Dove 1 - Cuckoo 0
A single Turtle Dove was seen in Kelk (Monday 11th) at the same spot one was seen for a week in May 2007. That one was the only bird seen that year (and I missed it!). A brief flyover at Cattleholmes was the sole record for 2008.
Without further evidence it must be considered extinct locally, the last breeding probably took place toward the end of the 90s. A very sad situation indeed though consistent with the dramatic national decline - they're quite scarce across Holderness though just about hanging on as a breeder.
No sight / sound of any Cuckoos yet, apparently, which is worrying given the poor show in the last couple of years.
Oh and no Swifts either, but they'll be in, finding better feeding away from the houses.
Without further evidence it must be considered extinct locally, the last breeding probably took place toward the end of the 90s. A very sad situation indeed though consistent with the dramatic national decline - they're quite scarce across Holderness though just about hanging on as a breeder.
No sight / sound of any Cuckoos yet, apparently, which is worrying given the poor show in the last couple of years.
Oh and no Swifts either, but they'll be in, finding better feeding away from the houses.
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