More list additions

Aside from the Eagle owl, the Bank holiday weekend has been quite profitable for the list, despite calling off a visit to Bempton Cliffs RSPB due to inclement weather.

A visit to Staveley Nature Reserve yielded:

• Sand martin
• Swallow
• House martin and
• Reed warbler

as well as Yellowhammer, Gadwall and nesting Great Crested grebe.

At the RSPB Peregrine Watchpoint at Malham I picked up:

• Little owl
• Spotted flycatcher and
• Redstart

as well as Peregrine.

But the highpoint was undoubtably yesterday when I helped friends to ring 3 Long-eared owl chicks at Timble Ings, climbing the tree to retrieve them from the nest.

I also got:

• Tree pipit