Salford Priors GP (July/August)

 Great Spotted Woodpecker

Red Kite

Red Kite & Buzzard

Brown Hare

Redstart (Mark Clarke)

The summer months have once again proven difficult to get through. The extended dry spell and boiling temperatures with the ongoing looking over your shoulder every minute is very tiresome. Pophills is now completely out of bounds as its being converted for fishing with CCTV installed. It's even tested my record keeping and visits. I seem to go from daily spring visits to weekly, which are also begrudged.

I did find a Brown Hare caught in deer fencing mid-month which was thankfully released due to Marion & Dennis, who came down quickly with cutting equipment.

Anyway here are a summary of the sighting highlights:-

1st July - Great White Egret

9th July - Stonechat

13th July - 3 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper

25th July - 2 Common Tern

27th July - Redstart

1st August - Wheatear, last LRP, 2 Kestrel, 1000 Starling

4th August - 2 Redstarts, Common Sandpiper

8th August - Whinchat, Redstart

11th August - Lots of Chiffchaff & Blackcaps, 1 Lapwing

12th August - Female Redstart, singing Willow Warbler

14th August - 5 Teal

21st August WeBS count :- 20 Little Grebe, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Cormorant, 4 Grey Heron, 20 Mute Swan, 140 Greylag, 52 Canada Geese, 6 Gadwall, 4 Teal, 210 Mallard, 50 Tufted Duck, 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Red Kites, 5 Buzzard, 4 Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, 85 Coot, 1 Lapwing 4 Swallow, 12 House Martin, 30 House Martin, 2 Raven, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 LBBG, 4 BHG, 1 female Redstart, Blackcaps & Chiffs active, lots of fledged Goldfinch.

27th August - Juvenile Peregrine, Green Sandpiper, Lesser Whitethroat

31st August - Greenshank, Wheatear

Many thanks to everyone for their sightings.