Low Moor and Oakenshaw Wildlife

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.…

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…

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…

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…

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…

It was an excellent morning at the watch point this morning with a mass arrival of Redwings, Fieldfare, Starlings, Geese and finches.   Linnets waiting for the fog to clear before moving. Redwings came in first from the N and…

This morning was a stunning autumn morning for watching visible migration. And an early start in frosty conditions was rewarded with the first Thrush arrivals from the N/E involving Redwings and Fieldfares. Fieldfares moving N/W It was the Redwings that…

There was an excellent passage of Pink-footed geese noted from the watch point today.  The main movement was observed to the east of Caldene fields with the majority moving to the S/W ( 964 in total) with 2 skeins (253…

An excellent day at the vis-mig point today.  After a slow start there was an excellent southerly movement of Meadow Pipits.  A total of 1,119 was recorded a record count for me. I have also noticed that there has been…