Noise levels are rising at Blacktoft Sands as the breeding season gets underway. Bitterns are booming, and I was lucky enough to see one flying over the reedbeds. I counted a dozen avocets; fingers crossed that they manage to raise a few chicks this year. Not many other waders about – just dunlin, curlew and lapwing - but I saw a few sand martins: the first of the summer visitors. In addition to all the marsh harriers, I saw a buzzard soaring and a sparrowhawk careening through the trees. Singleton hide was full of people, as the light faded, watching a solitary barn owl on the wing.
Licensed today: Market Street, Dalton-in-Furness, Cumbria…
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