Low Moor and Oakenshaw Wildlife

The first Cormorant of the autumn flew south this morning over the watch point.  Also of note was 107 Swallows moving mainly to the west.  Grounded birds included 19 Mistle Thrushes feeding, 1 Willow Warbler, at least 2 Chiffchaff and…

Out of the mist this morning at the vismig watchpoint came a female Tufted Duck which flew to the S/W.  Whist I have recorded the species several times at Toad Holes Beck I have never had one passing through.  This…

Yesterday I started my visible migration watching at Caldene Fields which will now run through to around early November.  This period is still fairly busy for me in that I am still moth recording as well……but I’m certainly not complaining!…

Swallows as we all know have decreased over the last three decades.  In fact I looked up an old record from the 21st of September 1979 when approximately 4,000 Swallow gathered early evening at Caldene Fields pre-roost.  Residents of the estate…

My personal nightmare computer nightmare appears to be over…I think!  My PC crashed with all my records but thankfully they are all backed up…however, I now have to re-install them.. A bit of good news though came from Chris who…

A minimum count of 42 goldfinch including many juveniles were feeding this morning on Thistle seeds in the fields.  I believe this count will be increased by the early autumn. Also the pair of Swallows are now well into their second…

What a beauty a Red Underwing, only the second ever record fed at the sugaring tree at Caldene Fields last night…

Last night it was agreed with my son-in law and myself would do a bat walk around our area to see if we could find any new bat species for the area.  So armed with the bat detector and torches…

The story of at least one pair of Common Buzzards breeding in south Bradford in 2014 starts really in 2012.  I had seen a single Common Buzzard in the autumn of 2012 on what I thought was migration over East…