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…
A surprise Pintail…
There was a movement of Swallow noted today at Caldene Fields watch point with 56 moving to the west. These were followed by 4 Sand Martins again to the west and given that SMs are not that common here on…
Spotted Flycatcher passes through…
Did an hours vismigging (watching visible migration) this morning at Caldene Fields mainly to see if any Meadow Pipits were starting to move south. However, none were recorded. The first moving Chaffinch moved to the S/W followed by 3 Swallows…
Another Lesser Whitethroat…
What a beautiful morning! I thought as I worked the patch today. Blackcaps, Willow warbler and Chiffchaffs were all in song as well as local birds. But like the last few days other that that no Whitethroat Sp were singing…
Mystery Raptor…
On the 8th of August at 06.50 I had a Raptor flying very high and moving north over Caldene fields. I only viewed the bird through bins and due to distance I could see no plumage features. However, I took…
Siskins and Linnets…
Nationally there has been good movement of Siskins and today I picked up 4 at Raw Nook NR feeding in a Silver birch which is a bit of an early record for me. Also the good news is that I found…
Lesser Whitethroat suspected breeding…
The low Moor & Oakenshaw Conservation group and myself has been involved in a site just S/W of Raw Nook Nr at Low Moor which used to be the old Low Moor tip. This site now forms part of the…
