Ornithologically it has been another poor day here on my local patch with a single House Martin in and a single passage Willow Warbler moving west through Caldene Fields. So I have decided to put some more effort in and…
Smooth Newts doing really well…
I,ve noticed recently how well the Smooth Newt is doing in our recording area with 13 seen this morning at Caldene Fields. And a Long tailed Tit was busy feeding young at one of the site but in general it…
New migrants thin on the ground…
There has been no known new migrants passing through our area during the last few days. The weather this weekend and for the following few days look good with a warm front pushing up from europe so fingers crossed.. So this…
I hope I was right…
I was out early this morning due to the southerly aspect to the wind. When I was walking through Raw Nook Nr I glimpsed a fairly pale brown passerine dive for cover showing a warm reddish tail in low growing…
Winter returns on the 29th of April…
Relief and Concerns…
For those who have stood at the pond at Raw Nook Nr and faced west you may or then again may not have noticed a Moorhen sitting on eggs. Nothing unusual in that…but she choose to nest about 3 metres…
Cheeky Jackdaw collecting nesting material…
This morning at Caldene Fields I noticed a Jackdaw pulling out hair to be used for nesting material from a horse’s back…Cheeky devil..but the horse doesn’t appear that bothered… No new migrants in today apart from there are 2 singing…
He’s made it back…
Had my first Swallow sighting of the year this morning and fingers crossed it is the male of the pair that bred last year within the horses shed at Caldene Fields. I then had a walk around the Dealburn Road…
Is the Linnet on the increase…
There has been 3 Linnets feeding at Caldene Fields for most of the winter. Nothing really unusual in that, is there? Well in the 80’s it was common to have breeding and feeding flocks of 70+ at the fields. But…
Bad and Good news…
Yes starting with the bad news. I found a dead Shrew this morning by the pond at Toad Holes Beck. I photographed it so I could positively ID it. Research and measurements revealed the Shew to be a Common shrew. Now…
