Low Moor and Oakenshaw Wildlife

A calling Hawfinch came in from the north at 07.58 and flew directly over the watch point at Caldene fields today…A super bird and very uncommon here.

Yes a lovely welcome autumn sound this morning at the watch point, Pink-footed geese as they made their way to the east,  394 and a further 166 directly overhead to the N/W…

There was certainly some fun going on at the Woodlands cricket club on Sunday.  Sarah from the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust was busy with the children making name badges from leaves, wooden bracelets and whistles out of Elder. Then in the…

During the last couple of days I have recorded some impressive numbers of Redwings passing through our area.  The main passage started on the 20th of October with 5,519 passing to the S and S/W then on Saturday the 21st…

An unexcepted site first today both for our recording area and for my visible migration records. A party of 5 calling Barnacle Geese followed a skein of 63 Pinks which came in low from the E and moved directly over…

My single biggest party of Cormorants 17 flew past Caldene Fields this morning to the S/W

A Redwing day! at the watch point  as just after dawn 2 parties came in from the E and moved high to the N/W.  However, the the movement swung to the W/S/W with birds coming in low, some below the…

This morning the temperature before dawn was 4.5 c.  This drop saw 634 Wood Pigeons moving S and 102 Jackdaws moving S/W.  It was a good day also for finch movements with 89 Goldfinches, 34 Chaffinches, 5 Redpolls, 1 Brambling…

Yes this morning at 09.12 a calling Grey Plover came in low from the east and went straight over the watch point at Caldene Fields.  This is my first sighting of the species on visible migration and the first sighting…

Another good day at the watchpoint today with excellent numbers of House Martins and Swallow moving mainly to the N/W through Caldene Fields. The final counts were House Martins = 282 N/W + 67 S/W & Swallows 55 S/W and…