saturday M62 birding

 green withens 6am 

nothing better than to be on the tops early 

good waders around the res 

little ringed plover 2

common sandpiper 3

dunlin 1

curlew 4

snipe 2 

little ringed plover 

curlew

short eared owls are always nice, so 2 over the moors was great 

also 

twite 2

red grouse 1

lbb gull 2

b h gull 3

30 minutes later St Aidens 

bittern is always great to hear,so 1 booming very close by was so close the bass hit my chest, within an hour heard 3 booming...........amazing sound 

black headed gulls went mad then.................

bittern 

got lucky 

some nice common terns flying around the channels 

a nice stock dove calling on the dragline 

lunch in selby then a short drive to Blacktoft 

marsh harrier 

little egret

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