From Chris Dighton: Great couple of hours at Dowrog common this evening began with a male Merlin fly past. Met another birder (also Chris) and we watched a ringtail and a stunning male hen harrier which gave great views. Then a couple of shorties put on a show for 15-20 minutes and at one point had a coming together in mid air as they quartered the common in front of us. After they broke away, one was then buzzed by a barn owl. Other birds included a common buzzard, kestrel, red kite, redwings a single snipe and 2 distant little egrets flew through. Chris also had a couple of woodcock.
