Friday, May 06, 2011

High Royd/Sowerby Bridge

BTO Atlas survey this morning in a tetrad covering the above area, 34 species in totals.

Nothing out of the ordinary in the 2 hr survey but there were 4 Garden Warblers, 1 Whitethroat, 7 Blackcap, 2 Willow Warblers and 5 Chiff-chaffs, all singing.
1 Nuthatch, 2 Grey Wagtails and 8 Swifts including a probable new small colony located.

3 comments:

Matt Bell said...

No sign of sedge warbler calling at High Royd yet?

Brian Sumner . said...

Glad you,ve started getting Swifts Dave

David Sutcliffe said...

Not a sign of Sedge Warbler - should be by now Matt and we had a good listen!