Three hours on the Barleyfield

 16th August 15         sunrise till early          Barleyfield

sunny,chilly,misty,  6-11°c,  1017mb,   calm

A beautiful sunny start with blue sky at the top of the Barleyfield but thick mist down the hill. The early start just about paid off with a little more action on the warbler front but it's still very quiet. Blackcap and whitethroat were seen regularly in the western border but counting was difficult due to them moving up and down the hedges (  counting same bird numerous times  ) , most whitethroats together = 3, most blackcaps together = 3 but blackcaps covered a longer stretch of the hedgerow, no chiffchaff was a surprise. No early morning movement overhead to speak of ( pigeons, corvids or gulls ) was also a surprise.

Canada Goose	23 >> E over	Barleyfield
Mallard	4	Wetlands
Lesser Black Backed Gull	odds over	Barleyfield
House Martin	1 feeding	1 briefly feeding over Barleyfield,
Wren	1 singing	Wetlands
Dunnock	few	Barleyfield
Robin	1 singing	Annex Barleyfield
Song Thrush	2	Barleyfield
Whitethroat	3+	Hanging Grds
Blackcap	5+	Western Border
Jay	2	1 >> S along Valley,  1 >> N over Barleyfield Annex,
Jackdaw	odds over	5 SW over Barleyfield,  then  odds over,
Chaffinch	1♀	Top Roses
Greenfinch	4	Barleyfield
Bullfinch	1	Hanging Grds