Received an email today from Barbara Rogers that approx 8 to 10 Waxwings were in the tall trees at the end of the cricket field at East view, Dyehouse Road around mid morning. So they are here..keep an eye out…
Gadwall return with another…
The pair of Gadwall that were at Toad Holes Beck on the 28/12/2015 have returned to the site but with another male Gadwall…
Short eared Owl alert…
I have received a report from Phil who lives in Wyke that at 11.12 on the 5th of January near to St Mary’s Infant School Wyke he saw a Short eared Owl been mobbed by crows. Phil thinks the birds…
The last check of the Patch for 2016…
Yes my final walk around the patch today of 2016…Sadly the Gadwall have left the area now but at least there on my list for 2016. Caldene fields held a Pied and a Grey Wagtail. At Raw Nook Nr there…
Looking for a Water Rail and found a site first…
Given that that this morning was very frosty and the ponds at Toad Holes Beck could be frozen there was a good chance of finding a Water Rail. So off I went there was no Water Rail… But to my surprise…
Low Moor bird watching day…
Today I decided to do a ‘ Birding day ‘ within the village area of Low Moor, mainly to see if I could find anything a unusual. The areas I watched were: Raw Nook nr, Caldene Fields, Toad Holes Beck,…
Help from a dog walker…
Received a reliable report that on the 21/11/2016 a dog flushed a Woodcock in the heather at Raw Nook nr. The sighting is interesting in that it could have been a migrant bird from the continent as it is a…
Little Egret…
What a surprise at Caldene fields on Tuesday the 6/12 when around mid-morning I saw a Little Egret coming in from the west. It flew low over the pond and appeared to be wanting to land but from nowhere local…
Recent sightings…
Paula told me that a Green Woodpecker visited her garden at Oakenshaw on the 27/11/16…lucky devil.. At Caldene Fields today a Red Admiral was enjoying the mid afternoon sun a Reed Bunting circled the fields at 09.00 then flew off…
Starling blackout…
Had a huge single flock of 900+ continental Starlings this morning at Caldene Fields watchpoint at around 07.50. They came in from the E in a long string and overhead was just ‘ black ‘ with Starlings. Could not see…
