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…
Wood Pigeons and Jackdaws affected by the cold…
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…
A new bird to add to the lists…
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…
Hirundines just keep coming…
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…
Swallows start to leave and a bit of a surprise…
I have had two good days of visible migration. Yesterday 251 Swallow moved through Caldene Fields with a further 131 today. The birds were moving to the south and northwest. However, I did have a welcome surprise this morning as…
Tree Pipit…
I observed a migrant Tree pipit today at Caldene fields…not seen this species for a good number of years on passage in our recording area.
Sightings update…
On the 10th of August at Caldene fields there was a Southern hawker dragonfly patrolling the fields. Later in the day I visited Raw Nook nr and found another Southern Hawker (or possibly the same one as CFs) however, this…
Sightings update…
I found a juvenile female Common Redstart that appeared at Caldene fields on the 17/7/2017, the first sign of moving birds as the species does not breed locally. Three Poplar Hawkmoths and a single Peppered Moth were at Caldene fields…
Common Whitethroat and one of those Aw! moments…
Pleased to see that the Common Whitethroat appears to doing OK with a pair now established at Toad Holes Beck and 2 further pairs at Dealburn Road Woodland site. Also at the former site Song Thrush is on the up…
A nice surprise this morning…
Yes found a Sedge Warbler in song at Toad Holes Beck this morning. I stayed well away from the area as I believe that one day this species may breed at the site. Yesterday I did some bird survey work…
