Juvenile Treecreeper on Barleyfield

27th June 15          morning              mid section

sunny & warm,  15-18°c,  1018mb,  WSW 6-W 11 mph

A much better day than of late, with more singing and more youngsters showing in the warm sunshine and lighter winds. The highlight was a juvenile treecreeper basking in sunshine on a dead elder branch in the Hanging Grds, near by a male blackcap was feeding juveniles and what looked like a young jay flew across the Barleyfield. I met Ian earlier who had seen a garden warbler not very far away by the canal ( more from Ian later maybe ). Maybe from the Barleyfield family. The moorhen family at the Wetlands have increased to four youngsters with two adults. ( more on that at a later date ).

Mallard	1 brood	♀+ 8 imm Meadow View
Moorhen	pr + 4 chk Wetlands,  1+4 w/grown juv Prefabs, 1+1 imm Prefab weir,
Stock Dove	1	Wetlands
Swift	present	8+ over Barleyfield,
House Martin	2+	2+ over Barleyfield,
Grey Wagtail	1	Compton Lock
Wren	10 singing	mid section
Dunnock	2 singing	mid section
Robin	present	mid section
Blackbird	8 singing	mid section
Song Thrush	2 singing	mid section
Whitethroat	3 (2 singing)	Barleyfield
Blackcap	14 (10 singing)	mid section
Chiffchaff	7 singing	mid section
Treecreeper	1 juv	Hanging Grds
Jay	1 imm > E	Barleyfield
Chaffinch	3 singing	mid section
Goldfinch	1	Graiseley Culvert
Bullfinch	pair	Graiseley Culvert