On Saturday I went to the Dealburn Road site ( Old Low Moor tip ) which our group is involved in and I keep a database of all the records for the site. The main reason was to look for…
Sightings update…
The hot sunny weather has brought out a welcome array of butterflies. At Caldene fields at least 2 Green-veined whites on the 5/5, 3 male Orange tips and 2 Speckled Woods on the 7/5 and a single Small Tortoiseshell was…
Bullfinches…
This morning in our area I had excellent views of a pair of bullfinches nest building and with another 3 adults seen nearby the species is doing really well here. There were no new migrants in apart from a House…
Goldcrests have one thing on their minds…
Great news today I observed a pair of Goldcrest at last years nest site at Toad Hole Beck. The male was in full song and chasing the female around…fingers crossed. Female Goldcrest However, I didn’t hear or see yesterdays Lesser…
Lesser Whitethroat and updates…
A male Lesser Whitethroat was in song at Toad Holes Beck this morning. Interestingly a male can usually be found at the site in song on this date…The species use to breed but not any more but each year I…
Migrant update and what a beauty…
Today following the overnight S/E wind I did a migrant count at Raw Nook Nr and Toad Holes Beck. The following were noted: At Raw Nook Nr 3 Blackcaps (2 males+1 female), 1 Willow Warbler, new in and 4 Chiffchaffs. …
Little Ringed Plover…
This morning I should have been doing a workday for our group but I completely forgot….nothing to do with age… However, it’s strange how things work out as I did a visible migration watch at Caldene fields and found a…
The sun come out at last and a surprise at Raw nook Nr…
Yesterday I met up with Freddie from Oakenshaw who is keen to learn about general wildlife. The theme was to find and learn about spring migrants both from descriptions and song as well trying to see 30 different species of…
No early migrants but good new from Woodlands cricket club…
Yesterday I was out looking for any possible early migrants at the watchpoint at Caldene fields but with no luck. There was however, a trickle of (53) Meadow Pipits that moved N and 2 Grey Heron also N but were…
Early signs of returning birds…
On Saturday at Caldene fields 2 returning Meadow Pipits flew north no doubt heading towards their breeding grounds after spending the winter further south.
