Arriving at 820 am. the first sound I heard was a cuckoo, though I didn't get to view it until sometime later. As I walked down the bridleway I then heard a turtle dove purring in one of the oaks, giving a pretty good view. Three cranes also flew onto the reserve as I watched.
Sedge warblers and reed warblers were all singing away, also saw and heard a snipe drumming, and a couple of hobbies. Also lots of greylag geese with their goslings.
Rather a surprise to find a young mole on the path, not sure how it got there, but it seemed a bit disorientated!
Birds seen included:
snipe, cuckoo, turtle dove, magpie, hobby, greylag, canada goose, shoveler, redshank, swan, mallard, coot, sedge warbler, reed warbler, reed bunting, kestrel, cormorant, willow warbler, chiffchaff, goldfinch, chaffinch, linnet, blackbird, crane.
cuckoo, taken through hide window
turtle dove
hobby
sedge warbler
greylag goslings
linnet
a young mole
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