5 May 2024 - Hollingworth Lake

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Buzzard, Lesser Redpoll, Common Whitethroat, Grasshopper Warbler

Had a good walk around this morning in pleasant conditions. There wasn't much to report around the Lake, but a Common Buzzard was perched on a telegraph pole just beyond Turnough Farm.  A little bit further, in Bib Knowl/Rumbelows Wood, there were several Lesser Redpoll buzzing and flitting among the treetops.

At Shaw Moss, a Common Whitethroat was singing, and in the distance I could see a Grasshopper Warbler reeling from a post at the very back of the pools, though it was so far away I couldn't hear it!

Buzzard, 1/640 sec, f/7.1, 500 mm, ISO 400 (view full size image)

Redpoll, 1/500 sec, f/7.1, 500 mm, ISO 640

Whitethroat, 1/500 sec, f/7.1, 500 mm, ISO 1000