Another valley scarce 

1st June 15                morning                    mid section

cloudy shower,  9-10°c,  1012mb,  SSW 10mph

Another quiet day in poor weather threatening rain. Not much singing and no sign of the Wetland mallards, either brood, on the Wetlands or the canal. On the other hand we had a whitethroat seen and heard singing in the Blackthorn of Hanging Grds at last, but the star today was a spotted flycatcher near to the old farm crossing on the Barleyfield, the first this year ( I thought we had missed out this spring ) . Spotted flycatcher is another species that use to breed with us here in the valley until the early 1990s since then the British population has plummeted so we now only see 2-3 on passage each year and most of these in the autumn.

Greylag Goose	1 with Canadas flying  NE over the valley,
Canada Goose	c15 flying  NE over the valley,
Buzzard	1♂ over	Barleyfield
Moorhen	1	Wetlands
Swift	1 over	Barleyfield
Wren	9 singing	mid section
Dunnock	3 singing	mid section
Robin	5 singing	mid section
Blackbird	6 singing	mid section
Song Thrush	2 singing	mid section
Whitethroat	1 singing	Hanging Grds
Blackcap	4 singing	mid section
Chiffchaff	2 singing	mid section
Spotted Flycatcher	1	Old Farm crossings
Long Tailed Tit	2 family party	Barleyfield
Starling	7 >> W over	Barleyfield
Chaffinch	3 singing	mid section
Greenfinch	1 singing	Meadow View
Bullfinch	pair	Old Farm crossings