There has been no known new migrants passing through our area during the last few days. The weather this weekend and for the following few days look good with a warm front pushing up from europe so fingers crossed.. So this…
I hope I was right…
I was out early this morning due to the southerly aspect to the wind. When I was walking through Raw Nook Nr I glimpsed a fairly pale brown passerine dive for cover showing a warm reddish tail in low growing…
Relief and Concerns…
For those who have stood at the pond at Raw Nook Nr and faced west you may or then again may not have noticed a Moorhen sitting on eggs. Nothing unusual in that…but she choose to nest about 3 metres…
Cheeky Jackdaw collecting nesting material…
This morning at Caldene Fields I noticed a Jackdaw pulling out hair to be used for nesting material from a horse’s back…Cheeky devil..but the horse doesn’t appear that bothered… No new migrants in today apart from there are 2 singing…
He’s made it back…
Had my first Swallow sighting of the year this morning and fingers crossed it is the male of the pair that bred last year within the horses shed at Caldene Fields. I then had a walk around the Dealburn Road…
Is the Linnet on the increase…
There has been 3 Linnets feeding at Caldene Fields for most of the winter. Nothing really unusual in that, is there? Well in the 80’s it was common to have breeding and feeding flocks of 70+ at the fields. But…
Song Thrushes on the increase…
The Song thrush appears to be doing well on our local patch after being in decline for many years. It appears there are 3 males trying to claim a territory at Caldene Fields, Raw nook Nr and Toad Holes Beck. Also…
Summer and winter migrant…
Yesterday I was out checking for any summer migrants that may have arrived with the southerly wind. I wasn’t disappointed as I found 5 singing Chiffchaff, 2 in Raw Nook Nr and 3 in Toad Holes Beck. So I then decided…
First summer migrants pass through…
Two Sand Martins , my first summer migrant of 2016 flew N/W over Caldene Fields mid morning.
Redwings on their way home…
A party of 50+ Redwings briefly stopped off at Caldene Fields this morning before moving off to the N/W.
