I’m sad to say it but early autumn is on it’s way.. And here’s the proof..an Autumnal Rustic found at Caldene Fields last night. But early autumn is a welcome time for me as it is the start of my…
Dare I mention Autumn…
Yes..sorry about this but I picked up an early sign of autumn this morning at Caldene Fields. I saw 5 Willow Warbler and a juvenile Common Whitethroat feeding in bushes. These are birds (mainly juveniles) that are starting to leave…
Red kite sightings…
Sighting of Red Kites over the during the first week in June in the Bradford south area, which is great news…Thank to Phil.
Local Patch challenge results…
I conducted my local patch challenge on the 11th of May. My aim was to get 45+ species. But I only managed 42 species. There were no real surprises and new migrants in apart from 4 Swifts, no Common or…
New migrants thin on the ground…
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…
