This morning the temperature before dawn was 4.5 c. This drop saw 634 Wood Pigeons moving S and 102 Jackdaws moving S/W. It was a good day also for finch movements with 89 Goldfinches, 34 Chaffinches, 5 Redpolls, 1 Brambling…
A new bird to add to the lists…
Yes this morning at 09.12 a calling Grey Plover came in low from the east and went straight over the watch point at Caldene Fields. This is my first sighting of the species on visible migration and the first sighting…
Work day a huge success…
Today our group had a work day at Raw Nook nr. The main challenge at the site is to carry on removing the Silver Birch saplings that have encroached into the heather. The day began at 10 am with 12 members…
Yorkshire Wildlife Trust…
Our group has had just had some excellent news…Myself along with Claire (our chairperson) and Richard attended a meeting with Sarah Goldsmith from Yorkshire Wildlife Trust who is working in the Low Moor and Oakenshaw areas of Bradford on an Urban…
Hirundines just keep coming…
Another good day at the watchpoint today with excellent numbers of House Martins and Swallow moving mainly to the N/W through Caldene Fields. The final counts were House Martins = 282 N/W + 67 S/W & Swallows 55 S/W and…
Swallows start to leave and a bit of a surprise…
I have had two good days of visible migration. Yesterday 251 Swallow moved through Caldene Fields with a further 131 today. The birds were moving to the south and northwest. However, I did have a welcome surprise this morning as…
Oh! no it’s just out of our recording area…
Claire the chairperson for our group told me this morning that she had seen a strange caterpillar on the road at the Greenway at Oakenshaw last week and after she did some research the beautiful caterpillar turned out to be…
Survey work reveals some interesting finds…
I have recently been conducting survey work at Raw Nook nr concentrating mainly on insects i.e. moths, hoverflies and other general insect orders. I am trying to build up a more comprehensive species lists for the insects that breed and…
Tree Pipit…
I observed a migrant Tree pipit today at Caldene fields…not seen this species for a good number of years on passage in our recording area.
Sightings update…
On the 10th of August at Caldene fields there was a Southern hawker dragonfly patrolling the fields. Later in the day I visited Raw Nook nr and found another Southern Hawker (or possibly the same one as CFs) however, this…
