After another blank month in January, at last some proper birding! At Mayday Farm in the Brecks, I went looking for displaying Northern Goshawk with Isabelle who was very patient despite being bored. Her restlessness and hunger caused us to return to the car where we had great views of …

After last month's misdirection I got back to Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits and with better weather was able to see the proper site. I saw 43 species with wetland, meadow and farmland species represented. It's an excellent location to be a new patch, despite the drive involved getting there.

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