Sunday 8 May 2011
Torver Common, Conniston
We had a great walk today, around Torver common, and along the shore of Conniston water to the town of Conniston. Lots of great woodland birds seen exeptionally well. Highlight for me was a wonderful Wood Warbler, my first for ages, I watched it as it sang from branches quite low down in the woodland, and as it parachuted its way around a circuit close to where I was standing. A fabulous bird. On the edge of the same wood, a singing male Pied Flycatcher, whilst on the common itself there were at least 3 Cuckoos, Lesser Redpolls, Tree Pipits and singing male Redstarts and Garden Warblers. On the lake, several Red-breasted Mergansers.
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