The weather was very bizarre this morning at the watch point at Caldene Fields, it had everything…dense fog, sunshine, mist and rain. But out of the fog came a small influx of thrushes coming in from the N/E and moving straight…
Stock Doves on the move…
Had a bit of a surprise this morning, one there was good visibility for watching visible migration and secondly a single party of 52 Stock Dove flew directly over the watch point to the S/W creating a record count for…
A drop in temperature inspires Wood Pigeons…
There was a good passage of Wood Pigeons observed from Caldene Fields watch point today.
Wood Pigeons on the move…
I recorded a steady movement of Wood pigeons from Caldene Fields watch point this morning. All the birds could be seen moving over the Bierley area from just after dawn till around 08.45 when passage slowed down to singles. I…
Redwings arrivals…
Winter thrushes have been arriving in good number on the back of the ongoing N/E winds. Yesterday at the watch point at Caldene Fields 1,508 Redwings passed through mainly to the N/W and today 4,647 moved again to the N…
Thrushes…
The first Redwings and migrant Song thrushes of the year passed over Caldene Fields this morning which was a bit of a surprise given the S/E wind. However, it turns out that there was an arrival in Scotland which accounts…
A new bird chases through…
At 13.45 today at Caldene fields a number of Magpies and Jackaws were very agitated…The reason a Peregrine Falcon a probable juvenile suddenly appeared low over the fields followed by a number of Magpies. The bird then gained height as it saw a number…
WRYNECK…
Received a report via my website of a lady at Oakenshaw near to TH Beck that on 17/8/2015 she saw what she described as a browny greyish Lesser Spotted Woodpecker on a tree in her garden. The lady watched the…
Goldfinches a plenty…
I decided to do a mornings birding around the patch today with two things in mind. One was to see if there were any new migrants passing through and the other to see how many local migrants had moved on…
Great Spotted Woodpeckers on the move…
Whilst conducting my visible migration watch this morning at Caldene Fields I observed 4 single Great Spotted Woodpeckers flying to the west plus I had one local bird in Raw Nook Nr…all very interesting. Though the birds do not typically…
