Passage bycatch from a breeding wader survey in SD47T today included;
Jack Snipe 1
Wheatear 4 (Icelandic-looking males in treetop then N.)
Willow Warbler 8 presumed off-passage singers
Yellow Wagtail 1 male low N
Lesser Redpoll 5 as above
Swallow 63 N during the afternoon
An early Garden Warbler was in song, as was a Hawfinch.
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On April 15th a male Hawfinch was seen in the New Barns area of SD47N, as was a feeding flock of 28 Siskins, a party of four Crossbills (in pines), and a singing Lesser Whitethroat.
