Low Moor and Oakenshaw Wildlife

There is a volunteering event this Saturday the 29th of November!  Which will involve a litter pick, tidying up and pruning. We are meeting at 10:00hrs at the A-frame at the end of Albert Terrace which is off Cleckheaton Road…

A kingfisher showed well this afternoon at Raw Nook NR pond…

The Tree Sparrow that I found in House Sparrow flock on the 3/11 has reappeared again this morning…..so if it is feeding well with a bit of luck it may stay for the winter…

Today was a good day at the watch point with Fieldfares, Starling and Wood Pigeons all moving.  Fieldfares came in from the N/E and E and 3,305 moved S/W with 54 moving N. Starlings moved to the W but trickled through 619…

There has been a massive Wood Pigeon movement throughout the country both yesterday and today…. But sadly for my watch point I didn’t see the good numbers I usually see at this time of the year.  Yesterday I recorded 4,391…

Yesterday I noticed a Tree Sparrow in a flock of House Sparrow at Caldene Fields this is the second record this year of this uncommon finch here in Bradford.  Who knows Spurn Point has had excellent numbers passing through maybe…

Redwings and Fieldfare were again moving today but in general E/S/E of Caldene Fields. 1,946 Redwings, 1009 Fieldfares and 369 Starlings.  Nine Blackbirds were also recorded as well as 3 Cormorants…..

There has been a big arrival of Thrushes and Starlings today and thankfully there was good number passing the watch point at Caldene Fields.  However, early mist and poor visibility spoilt the first hour when all Reds recorded were high and directly…

There has been a big movement of Pink Footed Geese from the Lancashire area this morning and I picked up 1,414 S/E of Emley Moor moving E/S/E between 08.05 and 08.40

It was a beautiful sun rise this morning and very clear visibility to around 25+ miles from the watch point at Caldene Fields.  The Wood Pigeons were moving S, 3,135 in total… Then at 09.15 a wader was picked up coming…