Caldene Fields thankfully are not flooded but they are very very wet and muddy. However, certain bird species are taking advantage of these conditions with large quantities of invertebrate now available. This morning I recorded 21 Pied wagtails feeding in…
Mild winter bird watch…
I have been thinking has this mild winter period had any effects on the bird species in our recording area. So today with the weather sunny with a fairly strong S/W wind and a temperature of 10c I decided to conduct a bird…
Visible migration comes to an end…
Visible migration from the watch point at Caldene Fields is over for this year. This morning’s watch with excellent visibility showed very little moving apart from Goldfinches and a few Starlings which came in from the N/E. However, there was…
A Crossbill moves west…
I had a nice surprise this morning when a calling Crossbill flew directly over head at Caldene Fields. The species is not common here and is only located on passage.
Thrushes come out of the fog…
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…
