A quick update on recent sightings at Dove Stone. Yesterday we had Grey Wagtail and juvenile Common Sandpiper seen alongside Yeoman Hey reservoir. There were also 5 Curlew flying over Yeoman Hey which was good. Over at Chew Brook there were also more sightings of Grey Wagtail and House Martin as well as Great Spotted Woodpecker with Willow Warbler heard around the Life for Life woodlands. Up at Binn Green yesterday and on Saturday we've had sightings of Lesser Redpoll, Jay, Mistle Thrush, Kestrel, Greenfinch, Goldfinch, Wren, juvenile Great Tit as well as Blue and Coal Tits.
A walk round Dove Stone is good for wildflowers too. A few that you might see are Oxeye Daisy, Common Spotted Orchid, Red Campion, Birds-foot Trefoil, Ragged Robin, Common Vetch, Heath Bedstraw and Marsh Thistle.
More soon with a bit about the next species in our Dove Stone top-10 wildlife countdown to Saturday's BioBlitz...