Low Moor and Oakenshaw Wildlife

The slight S/W wind today has worked today. There has been an influx of Willow Warblers through our area with 4 ( all moving slightly S/W, suggesting passage birds ) at Raw Nook NR. In addition a pair of Blackcaps…

I had a bit of a surprise the other morning at Toad Holes Beck when I came across this rather handsome semi albino male Blackbird. I have never seen him before in the local area although there is an almost…

You may recall that Peter Gurney from YWT put some nesting boxes up in both Raw Nook NR & Toad Holes Beck in the autumn of last year. This morning as well as looking for spring migrants I checked the…

This morning single Chiffchaffs were in song at Raw Nook Nr and Toad Holes Beck and 87 Redwing moved N over Caldene fields.

Today I went looking for spring migrants at Raw Nook NR & TH Beck. I was a bit optimistic as it is usually around the 17th of March that the first migrant appears in our area…given a few days either…

There is a flock of at least 31 Siskin feeding in Alder trees around the small pond at Toad Holes Beck. Their numbers are increasing as I counted just 16 on the 21/1. Given the mild weather and a bit…

A Tree Creeper and 2 Great spotted Woodpeckers were showing off this morning at Caldene fields. Also seen were 6 Stock Doves and thankfully the 3 Greenfinch are still about taking advantage of the local bird feeders…

Yesterday some may have noticed that workmen were strimming and cutting back shrubs around the bridge at Raw Nook NR which leads onto Toad Holes Beck. Well today I had a conversation with one of the workmen. He told me…

Around this time of year I like to find as many species of birds in a single walk around my local patch, which is Raw Nook NR, Caldene fields and Toad Holes Beck. As I have done this for a…

Yesterday with snow covering our landscape it was an ideal day to look for the rare (in our area) Jack Snipe a winter visitor to the UK mainly from northern Europe. I have only two records of this wader as…