Early start today, target birds being Common Sandpiper, Pied Flycatcher, Spotted Flycatcher, Ring Ouzel and Redstart.
7:30am arrival at Langsett Barns Car Park (///bluff.track.neckline) to Blackbird, Song Thrush, Mistle Thrush, moving on to the dam, after getting the gear together, a single Oystercatcher was soon picked out amongst the Mallards, two Common Sandpipers flew in and landed on the dam wall, I eventually managed to grap some photos of them in passing, shortly after a third joined them.
Down in the wood Chiffchaff, Chaffinch, Curlew was heard, Nuthatch, Great Spotted Woodpecker were seen, Wrens’ were heard throughout the wood and then I picked up a Pied Flycatcher calling, but couldn’t pick it up, but further into the wood, I found another, but it was a wait of twenty minutes before it finally showed itself. After the Pied Flycatcher, I was put onto a location of Spotted Flycatcher, but I spent sometime with the Pied first, then I went to find Spotted Flycatcher. Once I was in the location, I had to use the Merlin app, due to the high pitch calling, it was here, now I had to find it, took a while but find it I did, high in the trees, I was really glad I found this one.
Back to the car and round to the other side of the reservoir where there were Swallows, Pied Wagtails, Sparrowhawk, Lapwing and Red Grouse.
I then went on to a place called Cut throat bridge for part two of the day, Willow Warblers were calling in the car park area, I made my way across to the other side of the road to the location. Took a while to find the next bird, Ring Ouzel, a single male bird and then eventually a couple of Whinchat, a single Snipe, Meadow Pipits, Red Grouse, nice end to the day.
Birds seen Langsett Area : Blackbird, Blackcap, Blue Tit, Buzzard, Canada Goose, Carrion Crow, Chaffinch, Chiffchaff, Collard Dove, Common Sandpiper, Curlew, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Great Tit, Kestrel, Lapwing, Long tailed Tit, Mallard, Mistle Thrush, Nuthatch, Oystercatcher, Pheasant, Pied Flycatcher, Pied Wagtail, Red Grouse, Robin, Song Thrush, Sparrowhawk, Spotted Flycatcher, Swallow, Willow Warbler, Woodpigeon, Wren (32)
Birds Seen Cut Throat Bridge : Lapwing, Linnet, Meadow Pipit, Red Grouse, Ring Ouzel, Snipe, Whinchat (7) 174/200
Common Sandpiper
Meadow Pipit
Spotted Woodpecker
Pied Flycatcher
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