Hi Neil,
I'll continue to send details to you by PM where they contain sensitive sp.
Withnell Quarry-Botany Bay/Temples-up to Gt Hill Farm via fenceline-Coppice Stile-Top of bluff path back to Brinscall. 1410-1730hrs
Blackcap (1 singing in woods), several Linnets E of Well Lane and seen/heard from the bluff.
Swift - 8 at Withnell Quarry
Kestrel - adult M plus 1 Juv at Quarry, head of a Kestrel seen poking above the sill of the Owl box at Drinkwaters, Kestrel hunting around Calico Hall area.
Peregrine - none seen in Quarry but 1 Juv seen flying low from Botany Bay back towards Quarry
Buzzard - 3 flying together, tumbling and calling above and around Gt Hill Farm/Gt Hill summit plus 1 other near Drinkwaters, thus 4.
Curlew - pair seen around Temples area.
Stonechat M near Quarry, also family adults plus Juvs in area SE of Heatherlea woods
Willow Warblers (pair) feeding/calling near top of Dean Black Brook amongst the beeches - I suspect at least 1 pair have bred here.
Reed Bunting singing at Gt Hill Farm.
usual other moorland birds - Skylarks, Meadow Pipits.
Lepidoptera: 1 Ringlet in hawthorn/birch area E of Well Lane, 4 Meadow Brown. Small Heath moths on moorland.
Mammals - 1 Rabbit near Ratten Clough, Grey Squirrel E of Well Lane (near Ringlet)
regards
Jed
Tuesday afternoon walk
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