Over the years I have noticed that ground nesting warblers like the Willow Warblers and Chiffchaffs have been looking at territories in spring at Raw Nook LNR but few have actually bred. One of the reasons for this is Bramble…
Barn Owl sighting…
Following on from my sighting of a Barn Owl in our area on the 22/10/23. There has been another excellent sighting…well in fact a video of a Barn Owl (Thank you Tracey) this time in the Cleckheaton area. I suspect…
Nuthatch..es Arrive!
There has been odd sightings of a Nuthatch feeding in our area since late last year. However, there is now some excellent news in that in the first week of January 24 I had not one but two Nuthatches feeding…
Nuthatch…again
Today at Toad Holes Beck I heard the call of a Nuthatch. This is the third report now of the rare species to our area. The first brief view was of a bird in my garden during August. The bird…
Barn Owl alert!
About a week ago I received a sighting of a possible Barn Owl which flew low across Caldene fields. The observer stated it was an owl… and was light in colour. Then yesterday at around 6pm I was driving up…
Latest sightings…
Had PC problems so been off-line for a week or so. Thankfully all is well now. It’s October and that means migrating birds are passing over our area and the last week has been good. It started on the 2rd…
A real surprise this morning!
Yes.. a real unexpected surprise this morning at the vis-mig point. I picked up a wader Sp coming in from the east flying low. I wasn’t sure at first what species it was however, thankfully it called and it was…
Welcome surprises!
Firstly I can now confirm that the Common Buzzard has successfully bred somewhere in our locality. I have spoke to many people who regularly see the species in East Bierley, Birkenshaw and around the Low Moor/Oakenshaw areas. Also in early…
What a surprise!
This morning at Caldene fields I picked up a call of a Nuthatch Sitta europaea. I then saw the bird in a nearby Silver Birch tree before it flew off to the south. This a strange sighting in that it…
Roe Deer…
Regular reader to this site will know that we get a few sightings of Roe Deer in our recording area. This morning I found a good number of their tracks on a path suggesting they are regular users at that…