Friday’s sightings at Binn Green included siskin, goldfinch, brambling, chaffinch, robin, blackbird, blue tit, great tit, coal tit, long tailed tit and great spotted woodpecker.

Around Ashway Gap were a pair of song thrush, pied wagtail and canada geese.

Two separate reports of good sightings of mountain hare on the road up to Chew reservoir.