I visited the Pickup hide at Fairburn after completing the H&S checks. Not long after I arrived a Spoonbill flew out of the far reedbed and headed for the nesting sites. A Grey heron landed shortly afterwards
The arrival of this deer spooked it
Lots of birds flying over the area including green and great spotted woodpecker, female sparrowhawk, red kite, buzzard, cattle egret, common tern avocet, shelduck and lots of cormorants. It was equally busy at the back of the hide. Although there are no bird feeders at the moment plenty of birds in the area. Great, blue and young long-tailed tits.
A male blackcap and a garden warbler were singing very close together. A young blackcap arrived followed by a male, then the garden warbler.
A very productive 2 hours with a bird list of 31 species, despite no bird feeders.
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