Sizergh Castle grounds – highlights:
– Hawfinches still in carpark – at least 5 seen
– Singing mistle thrush, nuthatch, chaffinch, song thrush, goldcrest
– Great tits investigating a nestbox in Brigsteer Wood
– Two chiffchaffs singing in Brigsteer Wood; one each in Holeslack Wood and Duke Plantation
– Male stonechat near Park Moss hide
– Green woodpecker in Holeslack Wood flew towards Sizergh Fell. Another (or the same) bird heard later in Duke Plantation.
Park Moss wetland – from hide – line of sight not great but at a minimum:
– 15 Teal
– 14 Gadwall
– 9 Wigeon
– 4 Canada geese
– 5 Greylag
– 3 Mallard
– 1 Little egret
– 1 Heron
– 2 Little grebe
– 5 Snipe
– 2 Mute swan
– 2 each coot & moorhen
– Cetti’s warbler(s) heard singing
– 1 Buzzard overhead
Levens Deer Park:
– 1 or 2 Dipper on the Kent
– 1 Grey Wagtail + at least one Pied
– 2 Stock doves
– Lots of mistle thrush activity including at least one singing
– 1 Raven
– 1 more singing chiffchaff
– 2 Oystercatcher on the riverbank late afternoon
