A newer venue today out at Staveley Nature Reserve, location is about NE of Harrogate, not far off the A1. Highlights of the day were Bittern, Blackcap, Buzzard, Cetti’s Warbler, Chiffchaff, Garden Warbler, Hobby, Little Ringed Plover, Marsh Tit, Reed Warbler, Swift, Treecreeper, Whitethroat and Willow Warbler
Butterflies on the wing Brimstone, Holly Blue, Orange Tip, Peacock, and Speckled Wood
Other highlights were Large Red Damselfly
Birds Seen: Bittern, Black-headed Gull, Blackbird, Blackcap, Blue Tit, Buzzard, Canada Goose, Carrion Crow, Cetti’s Warbler, Chaffinch, Chiffchaff, Coot, Curlew, Gadwall, Garden Warbler, Great Crested Grebe, Great Tit, Grey Heron, Greylag Goose, Hobby, jackdaw, Lapwing, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Little Ringed Plover, Magpie, Mallard, Marsh Tit, Moorhen, Mute Swan, Oystercatcher, Pheasant, Reed Bunting, Reed Warbler, Robin, Sedge Warbler, Shelduck, Shoveler, Song Thrush, Stock Dove, Swift, Teal, Treecreeper, Tufted Duck, Whitethroat, Willow Warbler, Woodpigeon, Wren (47)
Sedge Warbler
Jackdaw
Lapwing
Large Red Damselfly
Cheilosia variabilis
