Stonechat male showing in usual place to the top right hand corner of Dalton (deforested) as you walk up from Dalton Crags. There is actually a pair and he is constantly chacking.
Migration was really quiet today with only 27 Meadow Pipits going North in 3 hours, compared to the last few days of about 150 averaging over 2 1/2hours. Also: Chaffinch, 3, Redpoll 2, and resident Kestrel and Bumblebees 2.
A bonus on the way back just before heading back down the slope to the Car Park was a calling Hawfinch giving both its heavy call followed by its ticking call and calling for over 3 minutes