Brandon Marshes, Warwickshire

Cetti's Warbler 2 singing
Little Ringed Plover 2
Ringed Plover 2
Common Tern 5
Kingfisher 1
Garden Warbler 1 singing
Reed Warbler 10
Cuckoo 1 calling

Houghton Green Flash

Ringed Plover 3
Little Ringed Plover 1
Yellow Wagtail 2 (male & female)

Eccleston Mere

Mandarin 1 m
Swift 10
Tufted Duck 4 (2 pairs)
Whitethroat 3 singing
Great Spotted Woodpecker 1 juv at entrance to nest hole.

Flycatchers, Warblers and Osprey in Cumbria

Pied Flycatcher 3 (2 singing males & 1 female)
Spotted Flycatcher 2
Wood Warbler 3 singing males
Garden Warbler 2 singing males
Osprey 2 on the nest from Dodd Wood view point

Year: 240 (Spotted Flycatcher)

An excellent day in Cumbria, I first had a couple of surveys in the north of the county and was delighted to find two Spotted Flyctchers, a Wood Warbler and a couple of Garden Warblers. Then it was onto Dodd Wood at the side of Bassenthwaite for typically poor, distant views of the Opsreys on the nest. Finally I headed over to the other side of Bassenthwaite and found a couple of singing Pied Flycatchers and a couple of Wood Warblers at Powter Howe.

Spotted Flycatcher.



Pied Flycatcher.

Close up of an Osprey on the nest from the Dodd Wood view point.

I found this Coal Tit nest in the roots of this birch tree.

Houghton Green Flash, Winwick

Black-necked Grebe 2 adult summer
Yellow Wagtail 2 (male and female)

Brundholme Wood, Keswick and Blencathra

Wood Warbler 1 singing and displaying.
Pied Flycatcher 1 singing
Redstart 4 singing
Garden Warbler 4 singing
Lesser Whitethroat 1 singing
Tree Pipit 1 singing

Year: 239 (Wood Warbler, Pied Flycatcher)

We walked a 10 mile circular walk from Brundholme Wood, over Blencathra and back through the village of Threlkeld. All of the birds above were in or around Brundholme Wood. The only species seen on Blencathra were Raven, Wheatear and Meadow Pipit.

Wood Warbler. Pure white underparts! I love watching these warblers display, and this bird performed admirably.

Brundholme Wood.

Brundholme Wood.

Blencathra.

Sharpe Edge and Scales Tarn, Blencathra.

Derbyshire

Nightjar 1 churring and seen twice in flight.
Woodcock 3+ roding
Tawny Owl 1

Year: 237 (Nightjar)

A wonderful way to finish the perfect day, good views of a Nightjar in flight and heard churring.

Whisby Nature Park, Lincolnshire

Nightingale 2 singing and seen briefly
Garden Warbler 5 singing

Year: 236 (Nightingale)

This is apparently the most northerly site in the UK for Nightingale.

Frampton Marsh, Lincolnshire

Temminck's Stint 1
Turtle Dove 4+
Wood Sandpiper 1
Dark-bellied Brent Goose 60
Avocet 100+
Yellow Wagtail 1 male
Lesser Whitethroat 1 singing
Little Gull 4

Year: 235 (Temminck's Stint, Turtle Dove, Wood Sandpiper)

Temminck's Stint in nice summer plumage. Possibly the best Temminck's Stint I've ever seen.

Turtle Dove.

Yellowhammer.

Frampton Marsh.

Willow Tree Fen, Lincolnshire

Glossy Ibis 1
Little Owl 1
Little Egret 4
Reed Warbler 4

Eccleston Mere

Common Scoter 4 flew over at 6am
Mandarin 2 males
Kingfisher 1
Mute Swan 1 adult
Great Spotted Woodpecker 2

The scoter circled over the mere and then flew off west.