During the last few weeks I have been asked about an unidentified large bird of prey (Raptor) that has been seen in the Low Moor area. I saw the bird (A female Sparrow Hawk) about a week ago at distance…
Record smashed…
The Twite Linaria flavirostris is a fairly common bird found in moorland habitats in the north of England and Scotland. However, in autumn some birds including continental birds, move to the coast of eastern England for the winter where they…
Record broken…
Wood Pigeon must have had an excellent breeding season this year. I thought my previous record of 40,137 on the 4/11/2020 of birds observed moving south from the watch point was a one off!! But today (Same date 4/11) the…
Wood Pigeon on the move!
The last few days have been busy at the watch point with the annual dispersal of Wood Pigeon to the south. The dispersal starts around the last week in October and lasts into early November. Whilst huge numbers move south…
Certainly not board at Low Moor Banks…
Our good friend Peter Gurney YWT has certainly left a lasting legacy at Low Moor Banks. Firstly, it was his suggestion to give the name Low Moor Bank to the site, which was always referred to as ‘ The old…
Little Egret…
A Little Egret flew S/W over the watch point this morning. Whilst this is my second record of the species, the first one was seen over the Cleckheaton area in 2003 which is out of our recording area. However, today’s…
Exciting news from Oakenshaw…
After seeing my blog about Tree Sparrows in nearby Birkenshaw, Chris who lives in Oakenshaw contacted me with some exciting news! He wrote ” For at least the last three winters three Tree Sparrows have joined our resident house sparrows…
Exciting news from our neighbouring area
Yesterday I went for a new walk around the farmland at Birkenshaw which is about 3 miles east of Raw Nook NR. I had only been there a couple of minutes when I heard the call of an overhead Tree…
Sedge Warbler
A Sedge Warbler was at Toad Holes Beck this morning. It was singing deep from within Dogwood and Bramble scrub. A male appeared at the same area last year on the 4/5 and sang for a few days before moving…
Whitethroats…
This morning at Low Moor Banks were 2 newly arrived Common Whitethroats in song. There was also some good new as well as another male Lesser Whitethroat has arrived. Thankfully one is singing near the Wyke end of the site…