SECOS Sightings

WILDFOWL AT EHF/PHF	COUNT	WADERS AT EHF/PHF	COUNT
Mallard	regular max 120 on17th	Black-tailed Godwit	regular max 40 on 29th
Teal	regular max 22 on 29th	Lapwing	regular max 277 on 26th
Shoveler	1 on 21st & 3 on 26th	Common Sandpiper	regular max 2 on 29th
Gadwall	2 on 26th	Green Sandpiper	regular max 4 on 27th
Shelduck	regular max 24 on 21st	Curlew	regular max 6 on 29th
Tufted Duck	5 on 10th & 1 on 15th	Redshank	singles 15th & 18th
Mute Swan	regular max 17 on 15th	Little Ringed Plover	regular max 9 on 25th
		Ruff	singles regular
		Oystercatcher	regular max 7 on 30th
		Ringed Plover	2 on 3rd & 4th & a single on 7th
elsewhere	a Lapwing bred at CF, EHF and Wheelock Heath .
RAPTORS AND OWLS	COUNT
Sparrowhawk	records from EHF and Leighton Hospital
Kestrel	records from EHF, FFF and Leighton Hospital
Buzzard	regular in the SECOS area, 4 at Oakhanger on the 9th
Hobby	sightings from EHF, Leighton Hospital and Rode Pool
Red Kite	one over EHF on the 2nd
Peregrine	2 at EHF on the 19th
GULLS	COUNT
B H Gull	regular at EHF, 50 on the 1st
Mediterranean Gull	singles regular at EHF
Y L Gull	regular at EHF, 3 on the 19th
Caspian Gull	a 1st summer was at EHF on the 17th and 30th
Common Tern	singles at WLF on 3rd, RF on 3rd, EHF on 20th, 2 at WLF on 4th, 2 at EHF on 22nd
OTHER SIGHTINGS
Kingfishers   were recorded at EHF and Rode Pool where an adult was seen feeding 4 young ~ Spotted Flycatchers were recorded at Crewe Green and Doddington where a pair nested under the eaves of an estate house ~ a juvenile Stonechat was on MGT on the 21st ~ 2 pairs of Yellowhammers were in Plant Lane, Elton on the 25th and a pair of Yellow Wagtails were nesting in a maize field at Wheelock Heath