Firstly I have to say what a wonderful sunrise it was this morning from the watch point. Although after sunrise it became very overcast with open skies to the east. It was from this direction that small amounts of Redwings…
Thrushes and Starling…
Today at the watch point there was a good thrush movement noted with Redwings 5,089 S + 293 N and Fieldfare 2,691 S+ 192 N Whilst a number of thrushes were noted moving overhead the majority were recorded to the…
Visible Migrations sightings
As I write the weather is in a southerly air flow with strong winds hardly conducive with migrants coming from the N & E. However, there has been some movement which have been noted from the watch point. Birds of…
What a beauty…
In the moth world there are some iconic moths to find. One of them is the stunning Merveille du jour moth opposite. Sadly I have never managed to find one of these moths in our recording area. However, there was…
Red Kite and sightings..
A Red Kite was circling over fields just off the A58 at Birkinshaw around 11am this morning which is not that far away from Low Moor…so keep at eye out. Also yesterday a Cormorant came in from the S/E and…
Hawfinch!
An excellent day at the watchpoint today with the highlight been a Hawfinch that flew south directly over Caldene fields. Also a record count of 23 Bullfinches moving mainly to the N. It was also another excellent day for incoming…
Redwings…
Today at the watchpoint Redwings started to come in from the east. So keep a lookout as they may swoop down to feed on berries in your garden. The excellent influx of Pink-footed geese carried on today but this time…
Pink footed goose influx
Today there has been a major influx of Pink footed geese into the UK. Thankfully at the watch point I managed to record 2,620 ( A new site record) at distance moving E/S/E. Over 9,000 were reported from a watch…
Recent sightings…
Well a bit of a negative to start with… A number of vis-mig (Bird visible migration) sites including my site at Low Moor are to date reporting a lack of numbers of migrating birds. I am recording low number of…
Tree Creepers…
A pair of Tree Creepers today at Toad Holes Beck near the same location as the spring pair that were in courtship. A juvenile male Blackcap + 2 Chiffchaff were also present with a good count of 10 Coot including…
