Visible migration from the watch point at Caldene Fields is over for this year. This morning’s watch with excellent visibility showed very little moving apart from Goldfinches and a few Starlings which came in from the N/E. However, there was…
A Crossbill moves west…
I had a nice surprise this morning when a calling Crossbill flew directly over head at Caldene Fields. The species is not common here and is only located on passage.
Thrushes come out of the fog…
The weather was very bizarre this morning at the watch point at Caldene Fields, it had everything…dense fog, sunshine, mist and rain. But out of the fog came a small influx of thrushes coming in from the N/E and moving straight…
Stock Doves on the move…
Had a bit of a surprise this morning, one there was good visibility for watching visible migration and secondly a single party of 52 Stock Dove flew directly over the watch point to the S/W creating a record count for…
Fog proving to be a problem…
The dense fog and unseasonable high temperature for this time of the year are not conducive with watching visible migration. The last few days have been impossible with total blanket fog. However today I managed a 1 hour watch with…
A drop in temperature inspires Wood Pigeons…
There was a good passage of Wood Pigeons observed from Caldene Fields watch point today.
Wood Pigeons on the move…
I recorded a steady movement of Wood pigeons from Caldene Fields watch point this morning. All the birds could be seen moving over the Bierley area from just after dawn till around 08.45 when passage slowed down to singles. I…
Still hanging on with the moths…
Given the dry and fairly mild weather for October I have decided to run the moth trap for a few more days. As I never trapped before in October usually finishing in September so it has been interesting to find…
Redwings arrivals…
Winter thrushes have been arriving in good number on the back of the ongoing N/E winds. Yesterday at the watch point at Caldene Fields 1,508 Redwings passed through mainly to the N/W and today 4,647 moved again to the N…
I think I will have to wait till next year…
At the moment I have recorded 199 marco moths in our recording areas with the vast majority been caught and identified at Caldene Fields. I have just started to get to grips with recording micro moths and the total so…
