In December 2010 a pair of Chestnut Teal spent two days at the fisherman’s pond at Toad Holes beck. I photographed the pair as they were escapees possibly from a wildlife collection. The duck originates from southern Australia but is…
Kingfisher and a surprise at Harold Park…
On Tuesday there was a kingfisher at Toad Holes beck giving excellent views as it sat out in the open…however, no camera! So today I went down with the camera and guess what the Kingfisher was still there but there…
Migration trends of three Finch species passing through Low Moor Bradford…
I have been studying diurnal migration at Caldene fields for many years and it is interesting to note how the population trends of some finch fluctuate year by year. I thought I would look specifically at three common finches the…
Kingfisher alert…
Just received an email from Andrew who was walking in Toad Holes Beck on 23/11/18 when he saw a Kingfisher sitting amongst the Reedmace at the middle pond. Andrew watched the bird for a good 30 minutes. Fingers crossed this…
Visible migration comes to an end…
Did an hours visible migration today and I think it is fairly safe to say that the main autumn migration is now over. I’m sure there will be a few late staggers or cold weather movements but no main arrivals…..But…
Three good things about today…
An excellent watch today with a site first and two other good birds. Firstly a party of Crossbills came in low from the N and appeared to be landing at the watch point at Caldene fields before moving off S.…
A welcome sight…
Saw two Grey Partridge today not within our recording area but on the outskirts. This is very welcome news in that at the same location last spring a single bird was observed. The species used to be fairly common in…
Bramblings…
During the last two days I have recorded 29 Brambling passing through or stopping off in our area. The one above was one of a pair that stopped off at the watch point. So keep an eye out in your…
Sightings update…
Yesterday I observed 32 Fieldfares flying towards the watch point at Caldene fields. I thought the birds would carry on their migration and fly over but they didn’t they needed to refuel and the next minute the birds had landed…
A welcome visitor…
Today like yesterday there was a large movement of Wood Pigeon, Jackdaws and finches particularly Chaffinch with a record count of 162 S/W and 42 N. However, today was a bit special as I had a wary friend as company…
