Stanage bird update 2007

Ring Ouzel update 2007

4 July
One pair of lapwings have a second brood in Gathering Field.  A pair of curlew also raised three chicks from the same field.

20 June
There are now at least four spotted flycatcher nests and we're heading for around 60 pied flycatcher chicks in the estate woodlands.

24 April
First whinchats back.

19 April
Four pairs of lapwing either on eggs or just hatched – Leveret Field East, Gathering Field (two pairs) and Top Warren; first swallows back.

16 April
First cuckoo back in Warren Wood.

15 April
First pair of pied flycatcher back - in Warren Wood.

10 April
First pair of wheatear back near Cabin Track.

4 April
Two pairs of lapwing on Gathering Field.

28 March
Pair of lapwing in Gathering Field and a second pair on Leveret Field West – for the first time in decades! – waiting to see if they nest.

27 March
One lapwing on Gathering Field, at least three curlew and one snipe seen.

Early March
Pair of golden plover near Stanedge Pole.