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…
A brilliant time at Raw Nook nature activity day!
Well the day couldn’t have been better… We ordered sunshine and that arrived we were hoping the next generation would attend and they arrived too. The day had been organised by Sarah Goldsmith & her excellent team from the Yorkshire…
See you on Sunday…
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…
Rose-ringed Parakeet
This morning at the watchpoint a Rose-ringed parakeet came in from the N and flew overhead to the south. Also whilst this is an urban site with sedantary House Sparrows in the locality I have never recorded a HS at…
Peregrine falcon
This morning it was an early start at the Vis-mig ( visible migration) watch point. Migration in our area in early September is just starting and it’s always nice, like this morning to find the first moving Chaffinch of the…
We’re on the map…
You may remember the great news I had when I found this beetle (opposite) Ancistronycha abdominalis ( Blue Soldier Beetle) at Caldene fields on the 14/6/2021. Because the beetle is uncommon I sent my observation to IRecords for clarification. I…
