Why the footpath that leads from the top of Raw Nook NR (near the bridge) to the metal gate adjacent to the golf course has low flying bees in spring time? Come on!…..with all the problems in the world this…
Finger crossed for the Sedge Warbler
The first week in May is always an exciting time in the bird watchers calendar with warblers and other spring migrants reaching their breeding ground or exploring new potential breeding areas. Yesterday morning at the middle pond at Toad holes…
A surprise from Dewsbury…
John Tordoff had a nice surprise this morning on his visit to Dewsbury country park. He heard a warbler that caught his attention and he recorded the bird which was in full song. The bird turned out to be a…
Lesser Whitethroat arrives
A Lesser Whitethroat was in song at Low Moor banks this morning. Two additional males Common Whitethroat have also arrived bringing the total to 4.
Common Whitethroats
Two male Common Whitethroats at Low Moor Banks this morning both in full song. No sign of it’s cousin the Lesser Whitethroat as yet but a single arrived yesterday at spurn point so they maybe on their way. However, I…
Three new Bee species found…
The heather area at the top of Raw Nook NR is proving to be a really good area for some locally uncommon invertebrates. The other day whilst looking at the Grey Mining Bee – Andrena cineraria nesting colony by the sandy footpath…
Creeping about, pays off!
Today has been an excellent day! I went down to TH Beck to look for any possible new spring migrants but apart from a couple of female Blackcaps that had recently arrived there was little else on the migrant front.…
First Swallow…
There was Swallow (my first of the year) seen on a telephone wire in Oakenshaw this morning. So fingers crossed more will start arriving in the next few days and then they will start to check out old and new…
Simply stunning…and!
Yesterday I was stopped in my tracks when I noticed this lovely Common Primrose Primula vulgaris growing in all it’s glory at Raw Nook NR. However, when I got home I started to wonder…Come to think of it, I know…
At last some evidence
The Coal tit is a regular bird in our area feeding in gardens as well as been regular at all our three sites. I have even seen juveniles been fed at Raw Nook Nr suggesting that the species probable breed…
