Just received an email from Andrew who was walking in Toad Holes Beck on 23/11/18 when he saw a Kingfisher sitting amongst the Reedmace at the middle pond. Andrew watched the bird for a good 30 minutes. Fingers crossed this…
Visible migration comes to an end…
Did an hours visible migration today and I think it is fairly safe to say that the main autumn migration is now over. I’m sure there will be a few late staggers or cold weather movements but no main arrivals…..But…
Workday and recent sightings
On Saturday we had another workday which was well attended. The task was to clear the Toad Holes Beck entrance at Furnace Road and to remove old hedge cuttings from Furnace Road. Initially the task looked like we would never…
Birstall Scout group meeting…
Yesterday I attended at the Birstall Scout groups meeting and gave a presentation to twenty 8 to 10 years old scouts on ‘ The importance of Insects ‘ I took along a moth trap, a Bee nesting box, observation vessels and…
Three good things about today…
An excellent watch today with a site first and two other good birds. Firstly a party of Crossbills came in low from the N and appeared to be landing at the watch point at Caldene fields before moving off S.…
A welcome sight…
Saw two Grey Partridge today not within our recording area but on the outskirts. This is very welcome news in that at the same location last spring a single bird was observed. The species used to be fairly common in…
Bramblings…
During the last two days I have recorded 29 Brambling passing through or stopping off in our area. The one above was one of a pair that stopped off at the watch point. So keep an eye out in your…
Sightings update…
Yesterday I observed 32 Fieldfares flying towards the watch point at Caldene fields. I thought the birds would carry on their migration and fly over but they didn’t they needed to refuel and the next minute the birds had landed…
Building on success…
Clare and Richard who are active members of the Low Moor & Oakenshaw Conservation Group came up with a brilliant idea!. They contacted Yorkshire Building Society and asked if staff in the IT department would be interested in a conservation…
A welcome visitor…
Today like yesterday there was a large movement of Wood Pigeon, Jackdaws and finches particularly Chaffinch with a record count of 162 S/W and 42 N. However, today was a bit special as I had a wary friend as company…
