2 October 2022 - Hollingworth Lake

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Linnets, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, Meadow Pipits, Jays

A mixture of sunshine and clouds this morning, but fairly pleasant.  A party of 6 Linnets flew up from the stony edge just beyond the fence on Lakebank, then nothing too much of note until a Great Spotted Woodpecker called and showed a few times in the Willow triangle (but didn't allow photos).  Further on, presumably the same Green Woodpecker as yesterday flew off from the top of a telegraph pole on Turnough Lane, as two Carrion Crows landed on top.

At the top of Bib Knowl, a Jay flew across in the sunshine, and then a decent party of Meadow Pipits flew nearby, some landing on the barbed wire fence, after being disturbed from a nearby field by some people on horseback.

Jay, 1/2500 sec, f/7.1, 500 mm, ISO 500 (view full size image)

Meadow Pipit , 1/2000 sec, f/7.1, 500 mm, ISO 640 (view full size image)

Meadow Pipit, 1/2000 sec, f/7.1, 500 mm, ISO 500 (view full size image)