I decided to do a mornings birding around the patch today with two things in mind. One was to see if there were any new migrants passing through and the other to see how many local migrants had moved on…
Great Spotted Woodpeckers on the move…
Whilst conducting my visible migration watch this morning at Caldene Fields I observed 4 single Great Spotted Woodpeckers flying to the west plus I had one local bird in Raw Nook Nr…all very interesting. Though the birds do not typically…
A surprise Pintail…
There was a movement of Swallow noted today at Caldene Fields watch point with 56 moving to the west. These were followed by 4 Sand Martins again to the west and given that SMs are not that common here on…
Spotted Flycatcher passes through…
Did an hours vismigging (watching visible migration) this morning at Caldene Fields mainly to see if any Meadow Pipits were starting to move south. However, none were recorded. The first moving Chaffinch moved to the S/W followed by 3 Swallows…
Migrant Hawker at Raw Nook Nr…
Found a Migrant Hawker Dragonfly at Raw Nook Nr yesterday…a first for the site. The dragonfly as you can see from the photo’s appears to be newly emerged and could well have bred at the site…
Low Moor Station…
You may ask what has the Low Moor railway station got to do with my wildlife site…Well a while ago my group the Low Moor & Oakenshaw Conservation Group was consulted about the planting scheme for the new station site. This…
New website and updates…
Welcome to my new updated website, which should be more user friendly. However it is still work in progress. Updates: A juvenile Grey Wagtail was at Caldene Fields on 20/8 which suggests local breeding as a pair have been seen…
Mystery Raptor…
On the 8th of August at 06.50 I had a Raptor flying very high and moving north over Caldene fields. I only viewed the bird through bins and due to distance I could see no plumage features. However, I took…
Siskins and Linnets…
Nationally there has been good movement of Siskins and today I picked up 4 at Raw Nook NR feeding in a Silver birch which is a bit of an early record for me. Also the good news is that I found…
Moth night update…
I am running a public Moth Event on Saturday the 1st of August 2015 from 21.30 – 01.00 at Raw Nook Nr ( Railway Terrace Nature Reserve ) Low Moor Everyone welcome, ( even if you only stop for 30 minutes…)…
