Tues 27/9 08:00- 12:00 Higher Naden res Ring Ousel 1w male perched on top of berry filled rowan then flew off up hill Chiffchaff in same tree Middle Naden At leat 4 Chiffchaffs 1 singing Naden House Chiffchaff singing Green Woodpecker calling Raven a pair knocking about valley Pi f footed geese c 20p East just after 9:00
Mike c cooper said
Wed Sep 21 12:21 PM, 2022
Wed 22/9 9:00-11:30 Spotted Flycatcher at least 2 on fence and pines up from pylon on East path Naden House - Stobechat 1m, c 12 chiffchaffs, some singing, at least 3 blackcaps. Feeding o Rowans c 6 blackbirds, 2 song thrushes an 5 Crows Middle naden c o8 chiffchaffs in trees
No Ring Ousels yet .......
dave broome said
Fri Apr 15 3:43 PM, 2022
On a walk from the top of Greenbooth Res today, up to the GM boundary at Scout Moor wind farm, birds included 1 Swallow 5 Wheatear 2 Stonechat 10 Willow Warbler 3 Redpoll 2 Stock Dove 3 Buzzard
-- Edited by dave broome on Friday 15th of April 2022 08:28:49 PM
Charles Farrell said
Sun Feb 7 10:17 PM, 2021
Sat 06-Feb-2021 (12:00 - 12:45):
Quick circuit of Middle Naden Reservoir in mixed conditions. Little in the way of birdlife evident, but
- 2 Goldeneye (male and Female) on the Lower Naden Reservoir
Charles Farrell said
Mon Dec 21 12:34 AM, 2020
Sun 20-Dec-2020 (14:30 - 15:30)
Quick circuit of Middle Naden Reservoir in the late afternoon. Driving uphill from Norden there appeared to be plenty of Gulls around the edges of Greenbooth, but none could be seen on any of the Reservoirs once we got to carpark at the top
- Flocks of Linnet and Starling around Riding School off Woodhouse Lane - 2 Kestrel - Buzzard being mobbed by Crows
and very little else, save from a few pigeons. Lovely scenery though.
Mike c cooper said
Mon Oct 5 4:50 PM, 2020
Late morning walk around greenbooth and middle Naden reservoirs in sunshine befor showers hoping for Ring Ouzels but to no avail, very few Roman berries left, I think autumn is several weeks early this year and come mid September
Several Goldcrest heard Long tailed tit flock going into lord wood Kestrel Raven Cormorant with Bhd and L Bb gulls and Grey heron on spit opposite greenbooth dam
Adam Jones said
Sun May 20 8:33 PM, 2018
Sunday 20th May 11am.
Male Redstart singing on the West banks of Naden Middle reservoir. Also a few Reed Buntings here.
Greenbooth reservoir: 1 Kestrel harassing two Ravens Several Willow Warblers on the East side.
James Walsh said
Sun Jan 14 1:34 PM, 2018
Higher Naden Reservoir
Juv Goldeneye
Greenbooths Reservoir
Drake Goosander
Dave Sanderson said
Sat Jan 13 7:55 PM, 2018
This afternoon 5 male & 2 female Goosanders on Greenbooth Reservoir and a pair of Goldeneye on Higher Naden Reservoir. Also a mystery duck on Higher Naden; small, diving repeatedly, close to the edge, grey colouration with white showing on flanks, rather like a female Goldeneye, but grey head (not Brown), no golden eye nor yellow on bill or white on neck. Head shape different too.
Mike Cooper said
Tue Oct 31 1:42 PM, 2017
Lovely autumnal walk around the reservoirs 09-12 hoping to get some Hawfinch invasion action but to no avail. No Rowan berries left either so no chance of a late Ring Ouzel
Herring Gull c 40 L Bb Gull c 30 Cormorant 2 Goosander f
Fieldfare over (first for me this Autumn) Redwing 9 over
Stonechat 1+ Grey wagtail 1+
Kestrel imm male
Great spotted and green woodpeckers (latter in Naden House garden)
Siskin over
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Tuesday 31st of October 2017 01:54:18 PM
Mike Cooper said
Fri Apr 21 7:12 PM, 2017
Walk around reservoirs and valley fri 21/4 9:10-12:10 cool cloudy cool WNW breeze
22 willow warblers singing
2 lesser redpolls at Naden house
Stonechat 2 separate males
3 male and 1 female Wheatears [no ring Ousels but never seem to see them in spring at least 3 curlews on tops Grey wagtail male singing at upper Naden
-- Edited by Mike Cooper on Friday 21st of April 2017 07:33:21 PM
Barry Corless said
Fri Apr 7 6:28 PM, 2017
Pair of Stonechat by the middle reservoir Two white wagtails Numerous meadow pipits
Mike Cooper said
Mon Oct 31 8:47 PM, 2016
Took advantage of a glorious Autumn day for a walk up the valley from 12:00-15:00 mon 31/10
Dipper on greenbooth on rocky shore just up from ooutlet pit
Cormorant 2 Mallard 4m&1f Lbb gull 50+ Herring gull 1 ad Common gull 3 ad B had gull c 70 C goose 18
Stonechat pair at Naden House and another pair Upper Naden res
All Rowan berries eaten so only a couple of blackbird and 1 mistletoe thrush
Several goldcrests about the valley
Mike Cooper said
Mon Oct 10 3:56 PM, 2016
Mon 10/10 10:30-14:30 sunny cloudy spells, cold NE strong breeze
Successful trip for Ring Ousels
At Naden house garden and Rowans below ad male plus prob female with 2 M thrush, 3 blackbirds , S thrush and c. 40 Redwings
Below Upper Naden large Rowan by dam grassy slope ad and imm male Ring Ousels with at least 10 M Thrushes, 50+ Redwings 5 blackbirds and a Fieldfare
Also 4 siskins in spruces by greenbooth Green woodpecker Naden Hse Stonechat at least 2 families Naden Hse and tardis U Nadenc
Kingfisher 1 flew out of stream gully on East side of U Naden!!!
Chiffchaff just down from thrushes at U Naden
2 Raven over
-- Edited by Mike Cooper on Monday 10th of October 2016 06:11:35 PM
Stonechat pair on the hillside at Reddyshore.
Pheasant called from Naden Dean.
Mike c cooper said
Sun Oct 11 3:12 PM, 2015
Sun 11/10 morning 10:15-13:15 cloudy sunny later cold e breeze
Searching for ring ouzels none unfortunately
Green booth
Cormorant juv B had gull c 50 L Bb gull 4 Goldcrest several Crossbill heard flying over Raven 2 roaming around the valley Stonechat mf imm M Naden C goose c 80 Stonechat mf 2 imm
H Naden Kestrel Grey wagtail
-- Edited by Mike c cooper on Sunday 11th of October 2015 10:37:17 PM
Dave Hill said
Fri Sep 4 10:49 AM, 2015
3rd Septenber
3 Whinchat and 1 Common Whitethroat in Bracken at Naden Dene. 4 Partridge here also. 1Little Owl 2 Stonechat at lower naden. 4 Willow Warbers calling. 2 Chiffchaff. 1 Siskin 1Cormorant Plenty of Reed Buntings around. 2 Raven Green and G.S Woodpecker.
Also 9 large raptors drifting South, high over wind turbines,looked Buzzardish,but too distant.
Nice walk and plenty to see,great time for passage whinchat,check the Bracken patches,regards Dave
Colin Ramsden said
Fri Jun 12 9:15 PM, 2015
11th June Green Woodpecker active on the hillside above the Water House. Stonechat female on bracken nearby (where the male was the other day). Blackcap singing in the larches at Greenbooth Wood. Stonechat pair in the vicinity of Higher Naden.
Birchen Holts Grey Wagtail on the stream. Linnets x 4 on the bracken beds. Reed Bunting singing from a large bracken bed - a dry situation from which they have sung each year for more than 40 years. Wheatear pair with juveniles out on the stoney hillside.
Colin Ramsden said
Tue Jun 9 8:47 PM, 2015
8th June Green Woodpecker flying along lower reaches of Woodhouse Lane (Ellis Fold) - and calling beside Greenbooth Res and at Naden Dean. Stonechat male x 1 above the Water House Reed Buntings singing throughout the valley - perhaps a dozen sites. Wheatear pair on a stoney scree slope. Numbers probably still declining in the valley. Solitary Cormorant seems to have taken up residence.
9th June
About 9.30am a male Cuckoo flew down the valley and called several times over the following forty minutes or so near the Water House. Common Sandpiper calling . Little Owl on a hillside beside Lower Naden.
Mike c cooper said
Sun Apr 19 2:26 PM, 2015
Sun 19/4 9:00-11:30 pleasant morning stroll cloudy then brightening looking for Ring Ouzels unfortunately none i saw
Raven 1+ Green woodpecker at least 1 heard from green booth dam and middle naden?
Willow warbler 6 around green booth, 2 Middle naden and 2 upper naden
Sonechat f m naden beautiful m u naden
Wheatear m u naden are there very few this spring so far?
Dipper flying round hillside at u naden towards top stream
Linnet 2+3
Goldfinch 2+4+2
Cormorant 2 on green booth
Colin Ramsden said
Thu Apr 9 8:40 PM, 2015
8th April Woodhouse Lane - top farm - Chiffchaff x 1 Doctor Dam Cottages - Chiffchaff x 1 Greenbooth Res - Ravens x 3 over plus Kestrel Greenbooth Wood - Goldcrest singing in larches Lower Naden Res - Goldeneye pair
9th April Top of Holt Wood - Chiffchaff x 1 Naden Wood - Jay x 3 Rainshore near farm - Chiffchaff x 1 Greenbooth nr quarry - Green Woodpecker x 1 Lower Naden - Stonechat pair Greenbooth above Water House - Linnet x 2 Greenbooth Wood - Goldcrest singing in larches again - different spot.
Greenbooth Reservoir Goosander 3m 2f. Little Owl (pair)
Regards Steve Brown.
Colin Ramsden said
Wed Dec 31 2:54 PM, 2014
Off Woodhouse Lane Towards mid-day flushed a covey of c5 Grey Partridge from rough grass on the banks of the stream. It is several years since I have seen any in this locality and feared the worst. It appears all is not lost. Also flushed two from a streamside at Red Lumb four or five weeks ago.
Colin Ramsden said
Fri Oct 24 8:27 PM, 2014
Greenbooth Cormorant x 2 Jay x 1 Kestrel x 1 Goldcrest x 2 Woodhouse Lane Green Woodpecker - mid-reaches then down in the trees at rear of Ellis Fold Reed Bunting x 3 L T Tit x 12 Fieldfare x 2 Redwing x 6 Raven x 1 over Meadow Pipits - c6 Twite x 2 feeding with c6 Chaffinch on ground where, in the summer, a pile of herbage had stood to feed the Highland cattle.
David Winnard said
Mon Oct 20 2:06 PM, 2014
A nice walk around with Mr Hill this morning produced;
2 Whooper Swans on Greenbooth which then flew off over Norden and then to the East (the 11 low over Norden this morning were probably off Greenbooth as well) 9 Ring Ouzel - around Naden Dene with a few Fieldfare and Mistle Thrush 3 Stonechat 2 Green Woodpecker 1 Kestrel
plus lots of fungi
Dave
Colin Ramsden said
Thu May 15 7:32 PM, 2014
Middle Naden Res Common Sandpiper x pair Canada Goose x 2 pairs - each with five young Stonechat pair very agitated near to rushes - suspect young out of nest.
rob archer said
Sun May 4 2:03 PM, 2014
First Cuckoo for 20 years near Greenbooth Res this morning for Dan Bennet..
Mike c cooper said
Sat Apr 26 9:40 PM, 2014
Walk up from dr dam 17:30-20:20 sunny/cloudy, cool SE wind. Hail squall at 19:15-19:40 (hoping for ring ouzel or dotterel) Dr dam Grey wagtail m Willow warbler 2singing
Green booth Willow warbler 6+ singing Oystercatcher 2to E Wheatear f Kestrel Stove dove 3 (Possible crossbill heard tchlip call heard from spruces on way back several times but didn't seen bird) M naden Willow warbler 2+ singing Stonechat MFN display/copulation
H naden Chaffinch f nb wool Mallard MFN (n?) Willow warbler singing
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Saturday 26th of April 2014 09:46:44 PM
-- Edited by Mike c cooper on Sunday 27th of April 2014 01:01:23 PM
Colin Ramsden said
Fri Apr 11 4:47 PM, 2014
East Knowl Farm - 1/4 mile below Twite x 2 on overhead wire - agitatedley watching the progress of a wall hopping Little Owl. Looking against strong light I couldn't actually see if they were a pair.
Naden Valley Wheatear x 1 on rocky hillside at Greenbooth. Stonechat pair again at Lower Naden
Colin Ramsden said
Mon Mar 31 5:00 PM, 2014
Stonecat pair at Middle Naden. Male at Lower Naden. Taking into account previous sitings, looks like we are shaping up for three to four pairs. Goosander pairs on Higher and Middle Naden. Chiffchaff x 1 at Lady Lees and Mistle Thrush singing. Reed bunting pair at Naden Dean, male beside Middle Naden Dipper on Middle Naden overflow
Colin Ramsden said
Thu Mar 27 2:54 PM, 2014
Stonechat - pair on the hillside up and above the 'Water House'. Male x 1 at Naden Head. Wheatear x 1 at Naden Head. Kestrel x 1. Goldeneye - pair on Lower Naden. Male x 1 on Middle Naden. Goosander - Brownheads x 4 - Middle Naden
Colin Ramsden said
Fri Mar 14 6:33 PM, 2014
Top of Woodhouse Lane > Rooley Moor > Top of Leach Skylarlks abundant throughout. Meadow Pipits less so. Pair of Reed Buntings in rushes off Rooley Moor Road at 1300 ft level. Other than a few crows, nothing else. Curlews not seen or heard.
C Brown said
Thu Mar 13 4:55 PM, 2014
Don't hold your breath Colin. I've been up there at the prime time and a few meadow pipits on the periphery were all I could muster.
Chris
Colin Ramsden wrote:
Naden Valley to Wind Farm Goosander - pair x 1 on Middle Naden, pair x 2 on Higher Naden Reed Bunting - c6 beside Higher Naden Stonechat - male x 1 singing at Lower Naden again
Wind Farm area - my first visit since the farm was layed down and made possible by my now well embedded new right hip. Plenty of skylarks but other than that a desolate bird fee zone. All masts and roads where we once watched a few grouse, golden plovers and dunlin - not to mention redshank and the odd lapwing. To be fair, its early yet, so I will suspend judgement pending further visits a little later in the year. Didn't even hear a curlew. On descent, after a birdless hour or so, it was almost exciting to flush a Little Owl from the rocks at Birchen Holts.
Colin Ramsden said
Wed Mar 12 3:37 PM, 2014
Naden Valley to Wind Farm Goosander - pair x 1 on Middle Naden, pair x 2 on Higher Naden Reed Bunting - c6 beside Higher Naden Stonechat - male x 1 singing at Lower Naden again
Wind Farm area - my first visit since the farm was layed down and made possible by my now well embedded new right hip. Plenty of skylarks but other than that a desolate bird fee zone. All masts and roads where we once watched a few grouse, golden plovers and dunlin - not to mention redshank and the odd lapwing. To be fair, its early yet, so I will suspend judgement pending further visits a little later in the year. Didn't even hear a curlew. On descent, after a birdless hour or so, it was almost exciting to flush a Little Owl from the rocks at Birchen Holts.
Colin Ramsden said
Mon Mar 10 8:26 PM, 2014
Lower Naden Res Goldeneye pair Stonechat - male singing from the drystone wall above the res. Reed Bunting x 1
Middle Naden Res Goldeneye male x 1 Fieldfares x 15 at Naden Dean Reed Bunting x 1 Canada Geese x 2
Bill Myerscough said
Mon Aug 26 1:47 PM, 2013
25th August - am.
At least 3 Whinchat, 5 Stonechat and a single Wheatear.
Cheers,
Bill.
Colin Ramsden said
Wed Jul 17 8:01 PM, 2013
17th July Grasshopper Warbler singing in rushes at top of Woodhouse Lane. With respect to Bill's previous post, there are certainly two and possibly three pairs of breeding Stonechat in the valley this year, something of a relief after the winter. Regarding Reed Bunting I estimated something like ten pairs in and around the valley a few years ago, so they have certainly held their own. There are additional pairs in the edge of moor rushes above the valley.
Bill Myerscough said
Sun Jul 14 9:44 PM, 2013
14th July - am.
A male Whinchat, a total of 7 Stonechat and a single independent juvenile Wheatear. Reed Buntings in 11 locations, two of which had small family parties. Meadow Pipits seen with young and also carrying food plus a male Chaffinch fed a single juvenile. Juvenile Grey and Pied Wagtails with adults.
Cheers,
Bill.
Steve Atkins said
Mon May 20 9:53 PM, 2013
A Sedge Warbler was singing from blackthorn to the south of Greenbooth Resr dam at SD854151. This appears to be the first record from the area since 2005.
A high altitude Sedge Warbler at 220m above sea level, but still doesn't beat the Watergrove birds at 250m asl
Also a Whitethroat and 2 Willow Warblers singing nearby. A male Goosander on Greenbooth Resr.
Dipper on spillway below the dam.
Colin Ramsden said
Tue May 7 2:01 PM, 2013
Holt Wood Wood Warbler male still singing Also: Blackcap x 1 Chiffchaff x 2 GS Woodpecker drumming and agitating nuthatches.
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Tuesday 7th of May 2013 02:19:56 PM
Colin Ramsden said
Mon May 6 9:14 PM, 2013
Holt Wood Blackcaps x 2 in song Wood Warbler x 1 singing at the top of the wood Rainshore / Red Lumb Whitethroats x 2 in song Naden Valley Grasshopper Warbler still singing in rushes above top end of Greenbooth. Common Sandpipers x 2 Raven x 1 calling Oystercatcher x 1 Wheatears settling in.
Colin Ramsden said
Thu May 2 10:38 PM, 2013
Red Lumb area Glorious morning. Lapwing pairs x 2 Greenland Wheatear x 1 Raven x 2 - leisurely floating around at height in front of Knowl Curlew x 1 - not seemingly as many about Goldfinch c 4 Greenfinch x 1 Mallard x 3 M Pipit x 3 Willow Warbler x 3 No Whitethroats up her yet Swallows c 4
Colin Ramsden said
Thu May 2 3:17 AM, 2013
Wheatears x 10 feeding on the short grass at Middle Naden dam and several others around the valley- considerably in excess of the breeding population. Stonechat - two pairs. Grasshopper Warbler singing from rushes at Lower Naden - and showing well from the top of a small willow. Pheasant x 1 Willow Warblers throughout the valley Ravens x 2 on top of a pylon near Greenbooth dam.
Colin Ramsden said
Fri Apr 5 4:00 PM, 2013
4th April Stonechat pair adjacent Higher Naden. Goosander pair on Middle Naden M Pipits - a few in but not many.
In March Single Oystercatcher since middle of March - and remains single 29th March - Goldeneye pairs x 2 Little Owls at Greenbooth quarry and on the rocks above the Water House
Ravens seem ever present on the sheep pastures above Shawfield c 4 or 6 but possibly more. They are regularly in the air above the valley and across to Ashworth Moor and beyond. I am presuming they are non breeders.
Colin Ramsden said
Sun Jan 6 4:11 AM, 2013
Stonechat x 2 at Middle Naden.
Colin Ramsden said
Wed Jul 25 2:56 AM, 2012
Rainshore Lodge Little Grebe x 1. Haven't visited the lodge in a long time so I need to establish whether there is a pair. The shrouding presence of the former mill is gone - cleared c 5years ago for housing development which got stuck at square one due to the financial crisis. The lodge is now open to hugely more light and well vegetated.
Colin Ramsden said
Wed Jul 25 12:18 AM, 2012
Summery calm. C 60 Canada Geese Oystercatcher x 2 flew up the valley Sparrowhawk x 1 over the bracken above the water house. Wrens x 2 singing Goldfinches c 6 on thistle seed. BH Gulls x 7 Heron x 1
John Doherty said
Tue May 22 6:36 PM, 2012
2 Wheatear (seperates of both sex) Skylark Meadow Pipit Raven Whitethroat
7 Canada Geese plus a few Mallards on the reservoirs.
Hot, quite quiet on the bird front.
-- Edited by John Doherty on Tuesday 22nd of May 2012 06:37:06 PM
Danny Spencer said
Fri May 4 10:54 PM, 2012
10.30/1.30
whitethroat blackcap kestrel raven little owl chaffinch greenfinch pied wagtail grey wagtail curlew goosander willow warbler stonechat reed bunting linnet great/blue tit house martin swallow meadow pipit wheatear skylark
Tues 27/9 08:00- 12:00
Higher Naden res
Ring Ousel 1w male perched on top of berry filled rowan then flew off up hill
Chiffchaff in same tree
Middle Naden
At leat 4 Chiffchaffs 1 singing
Naden House
Chiffchaff singing
Green Woodpecker calling
Raven a pair knocking about valley
Pi f footed geese c 20p East just after 9:00
Spotted Flycatcher at least 2 on fence and pines up from pylon on East path
Naden House - Stobechat 1m, c 12 chiffchaffs, some singing, at least 3 blackcaps. Feeding o Rowans c 6 blackbirds, 2 song thrushes an 5 Crows
Middle naden c o8 chiffchaffs in trees
No Ring Ousels yet .......
1 Swallow
5 Wheatear
2 Stonechat
10 Willow Warbler
3 Redpoll
2 Stock Dove
3 Buzzard
-- Edited by dave broome on Friday 15th of April 2022 08:28:49 PM
Quick circuit of Middle Naden Reservoir in mixed conditions. Little in the way of birdlife evident, but
- 2 Goldeneye (male and Female) on the Lower Naden Reservoir
Quick circuit of Middle Naden Reservoir in the late afternoon. Driving uphill from Norden there appeared to be plenty of Gulls around the edges of Greenbooth, but none could be seen on any of the Reservoirs once we got to carpark at the top
- Flocks of Linnet and Starling around Riding School off Woodhouse Lane
- 2 Kestrel
- Buzzard being mobbed by Crows
and very little else, save from a few pigeons. Lovely scenery though.
Several Goldcrest heard
Long tailed tit flock going into lord wood
Kestrel
Raven
Cormorant with Bhd and L Bb gulls and Grey heron on spit opposite greenbooth dam
Male Redstart singing on the West banks of Naden Middle reservoir.
Also a few Reed Buntings here.
Greenbooth reservoir:
1 Kestrel harassing two Ravens
Several Willow Warblers on the East side.
Juv Goldeneye
Greenbooths Reservoir
Drake Goosander
This afternoon 5 male & 2 female Goosanders on Greenbooth Reservoir and a pair of Goldeneye on Higher Naden Reservoir. Also a mystery duck on Higher Naden; small, diving repeatedly, close to the edge, grey colouration with white showing on flanks, rather like a female Goldeneye, but grey head (not Brown), no golden eye nor yellow on bill or white on neck. Head shape different too.
Lovely autumnal walk around the reservoirs 09-12 hoping to get some Hawfinch invasion action but to no avail. No Rowan berries left either so no chance of a late Ring Ouzel
Herring Gull c 40
L Bb Gull c 30
Cormorant 2
Goosander f
Fieldfare over (first for me this Autumn)
Redwing 9 over
Stonechat 1+
Grey wagtail 1+
Kestrel imm male
Great spotted and green woodpeckers (latter in Naden House garden)
Siskin over
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Tuesday 31st of October 2017 01:54:18 PM
22 willow warblers singing
2 lesser redpolls at Naden house
Stonechat 2 separate males
3 male and 1 female Wheatears
[no ring Ousels but never seem to see them in spring
at least 3 curlews on tops
Grey wagtail male singing at upper Naden
-- Edited by Mike Cooper on Friday 21st of April 2017 07:33:21 PM
Two white wagtails
Numerous meadow pipits
Dipper on greenbooth on rocky shore just up from ooutlet pit
Cormorant 2
Mallard 4m&1f
Lbb gull 50+
Herring gull 1 ad
Common gull 3 ad
B had gull c 70
C goose 18
Stonechat pair at Naden House and another pair Upper Naden res
All Rowan berries eaten so only a couple of blackbird and 1 mistletoe thrush
Several goldcrests about the valley
Successful trip for Ring Ousels
At Naden house garden and Rowans below ad male plus prob female with 2 M thrush, 3 blackbirds , S thrush and c. 40 Redwings
Below Upper Naden large Rowan by dam grassy slope ad and imm male Ring Ousels with at least 10 M Thrushes, 50+ Redwings 5 blackbirds and a Fieldfare
Also
4 siskins in spruces by greenbooth
Green woodpecker Naden Hse
Stonechat at least 2 families Naden Hse and tardis U Nadenc
Kingfisher 1 flew out of stream gully on East side of U Naden!!!
Chiffchaff just down from thrushes at U Naden
2 Raven over
-- Edited by Mike Cooper on Monday 10th of October 2016 06:11:35 PM
Searching for ring ouzels none unfortunately
Green booth
Cormorant juv
B had gull c 50
L Bb gull 4
Goldcrest several
Crossbill heard flying over
Raven 2 roaming around the valley
Stonechat mf imm
M Naden
C goose c 80
Stonechat mf 2 imm
H Naden
Kestrel
Grey wagtail
-- Edited by Mike c cooper on Sunday 11th of October 2015 10:37:17 PM
3 Whinchat and 1 Common Whitethroat in Bracken at Naden Dene.
4 Partridge here also.
1Little Owl
2 Stonechat at lower naden.
4 Willow Warbers calling.
2 Chiffchaff.
1 Siskin
1Cormorant
Plenty of Reed Buntings around.
2 Raven
Green and G.S Woodpecker.
Also 9 large raptors drifting South, high over wind turbines,looked Buzzardish,but too distant.
Nice walk and plenty to see,great time for passage whinchat,check the Bracken patches,regards Dave
Green Woodpecker active on the hillside above the Water House.
Stonechat female on bracken nearby (where the male was the other day).
Blackcap singing in the larches at Greenbooth Wood.
Stonechat pair in the vicinity of Higher Naden.
Birchen Holts
Grey Wagtail on the stream.
Linnets x 4 on the bracken beds.
Reed Bunting singing from a large bracken bed - a dry situation from which they have sung each year for more than 40 years.
Wheatear pair with juveniles out on the stoney hillside.
Green Woodpecker flying along lower reaches of Woodhouse Lane (Ellis Fold) - and calling beside Greenbooth Res and at Naden Dean.
Stonechat male x 1 above the Water House
Reed Buntings singing throughout the valley - perhaps a dozen sites.
Wheatear pair on a stoney scree slope. Numbers probably still declining in the valley.
Solitary Cormorant seems to have taken up residence.
9th June
About 9.30am a male Cuckoo flew down the valley and called several times over the following forty minutes or so near the Water House.
Common Sandpiper calling .
Little Owl on a hillside beside Lower Naden.
Raven 1+
Green woodpecker at least 1 heard from green booth dam and middle naden?
Willow warbler 6 around green booth, 2 Middle naden and 2 upper naden
Sonechat f m naden beautiful m u naden
Wheatear m u naden are there very few this spring so far?
Dipper flying round hillside at u naden towards top stream
Linnet 2+3
Goldfinch 2+4+2
Cormorant 2 on green booth
Woodhouse Lane - top farm - Chiffchaff x 1
Doctor Dam Cottages - Chiffchaff x 1
Greenbooth Res - Ravens x 3 over plus Kestrel
Greenbooth Wood - Goldcrest singing in larches
Lower Naden Res - Goldeneye pair
9th April
Top of Holt Wood - Chiffchaff x 1
Naden Wood - Jay x 3
Rainshore near farm - Chiffchaff x 1
Greenbooth nr quarry - Green Woodpecker x 1
Lower Naden - Stonechat pair
Greenbooth above Water House - Linnet x 2
Greenbooth Wood - Goldcrest singing in larches again - different spot.
Dipper (pair)
Nuthatch (pair)
Bullfinch (male)
Greenbooth Reservoir
Goosander 3m 2f.
Little Owl (pair)
Regards Steve Brown.
Towards mid-day flushed a covey of c5 Grey Partridge from rough grass on the banks of the stream. It is several years since I have seen any in this locality and feared the worst. It appears all is not lost. Also flushed two from a streamside at Red Lumb four or five weeks ago.
Cormorant x 2
Jay x 1
Kestrel x 1
Goldcrest x 2
Woodhouse Lane
Green Woodpecker - mid-reaches then down in the trees at rear of Ellis Fold
Reed Bunting x 3
L T Tit x 12
Fieldfare x 2
Redwing x 6
Raven x 1 over
Meadow Pipits - c6
Twite x 2 feeding with c6 Chaffinch on ground where, in the summer, a pile of herbage had stood to feed the Highland cattle.
2 Whooper Swans on Greenbooth which then flew off over Norden and then to the East (the 11 low over Norden this morning were probably off Greenbooth as well)
9 Ring Ouzel - around Naden Dene with a few Fieldfare and Mistle Thrush
3 Stonechat
2 Green Woodpecker
1 Kestrel
plus lots of fungi
Dave
Common Sandpiper x pair
Canada Goose x 2 pairs - each with five young
Stonechat pair very agitated near to rushes - suspect young out of nest.
Dr dam
Grey wagtail m
Willow warbler 2singing
Green booth
Willow warbler 6+ singing
Oystercatcher 2to E
Wheatear f
Kestrel
Stove dove 3
(Possible crossbill heard tchlip call heard from spruces on way back several times but didn't seen bird)
M naden
Willow warbler 2+ singing
Stonechat MFN display/copulation
H naden
Chaffinch f nb wool
Mallard MFN (n?)
Willow warbler singing
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Saturday 26th of April 2014 09:46:44 PM
-- Edited by Mike c cooper on Sunday 27th of April 2014 01:01:23 PM
Twite x 2 on overhead wire - agitatedley watching the progress of a wall hopping Little Owl. Looking against strong light I couldn't actually see if they were a pair.
Naden Valley
Wheatear x 1 on rocky hillside at Greenbooth.
Stonechat pair again at Lower Naden
Goosander pairs on Higher and Middle Naden.
Chiffchaff x 1 at Lady Lees and Mistle Thrush singing.
Reed bunting pair at Naden Dean, male beside Middle Naden
Dipper on Middle Naden overflow
Wheatear x 1 at Naden Head.
Kestrel x 1.
Goldeneye - pair on Lower Naden. Male x 1 on Middle Naden.
Goosander - Brownheads x 4 - Middle Naden
Skylarlks abundant throughout.
Meadow Pipits less so.
Pair of Reed Buntings in rushes off Rooley Moor Road at 1300 ft level.
Other than a few crows, nothing else. Curlews not seen or heard.
Chris
Goosander - pair x 1 on Middle Naden, pair x 2 on Higher Naden
Reed Bunting - c6 beside Higher Naden
Stonechat - male x 1 singing at Lower Naden again
Wind Farm area - my first visit since the farm was layed down and made possible by my now well embedded new right hip. Plenty of skylarks but other than that a desolate bird fee zone. All masts and roads where we once watched a few grouse, golden plovers and dunlin - not to mention redshank and the odd lapwing. To be fair, its early yet, so I will suspend judgement pending further visits a little later in the year. Didn't even hear a curlew. On descent, after a birdless hour or so, it was almost exciting to flush a Little Owl from the rocks at Birchen Holts.
Goldeneye pair
Stonechat - male singing from the drystone wall above the res.
Reed Bunting x 1
Middle Naden Res
Goldeneye male x 1
Fieldfares x 15 at Naden Dean
Reed Bunting x 1
Canada Geese x 2
At least 3 Whinchat, 5 Stonechat and a single Wheatear.
Cheers,
Bill.
Grasshopper Warbler singing in rushes at top of Woodhouse Lane.
With respect to Bill's previous post, there are certainly two and possibly three pairs of breeding Stonechat in the valley this year, something of a relief after the winter.
Regarding Reed Bunting I estimated something like ten pairs in and around the valley a few years ago, so they have certainly held their own. There are additional pairs in the edge of moor rushes above the valley.
A male Whinchat, a total of 7 Stonechat and a single independent juvenile Wheatear.
Cheers,
Bill.
A high altitude Sedge Warbler at 220m above sea level, but still doesn't beat the Watergrove birds at 250m asl
Also a Whitethroat and 2 Willow Warblers singing nearby. A male Goosander on Greenbooth Resr.
Dipper on spillway below the dam.
Wood Warbler male still singing
Also:
Blackcap x 1
Chiffchaff x 2
GS Woodpecker drumming and agitating nuthatches.
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Tuesday 7th of May 2013 02:19:56 PM
Blackcaps x 2 in song
Wood Warbler x 1 singing at the top of the wood
Rainshore / Red Lumb
Whitethroats x 2 in song
Naden Valley
Grasshopper Warbler still singing in rushes above top end of Greenbooth.
Common Sandpipers x 2
Raven x 1 calling
Oystercatcher x 1
Wheatears settling in.
Glorious morning.
Lapwing pairs x 2
Greenland Wheatear x 1
Raven x 2 - leisurely floating around at height in front of Knowl
Curlew x 1 - not seemingly as many about
Goldfinch c 4
Greenfinch x 1
Mallard x 3
M Pipit x 3
Willow Warbler x 3
No Whitethroats up her yet
Swallows c 4
Stonechat - two pairs.
Grasshopper Warbler singing from rushes at Lower Naden - and showing well from the top of a small willow.
Pheasant x 1
Willow Warblers throughout the valley
Ravens x 2 on top of a pylon near Greenbooth dam.
Stonechat pair adjacent Higher Naden.
Goosander pair on Middle Naden
M Pipits - a few in but not many.
In March
Single Oystercatcher since middle of March - and remains single
29th March - Goldeneye pairs x 2
Little Owls at Greenbooth quarry and on the rocks above the Water House
Ravens seem ever present on the sheep pastures above Shawfield c 4 or 6 but possibly more. They are regularly in the air above the valley and across to Ashworth Moor and beyond. I am presuming they are non breeders.
Little Grebe x 1. Haven't visited the lodge in a long time so I need to establish whether there is a pair. The shrouding presence of the former mill is gone - cleared c 5years ago for housing development which got stuck at square one due to the financial crisis. The lodge is now open to hugely more light and well vegetated.
C 60 Canada Geese
Oystercatcher x 2 flew up the valley
Sparrowhawk x 1 over the bracken above the water house.
Wrens x 2 singing
Goldfinches c 6 on thistle seed.
BH Gulls x 7
Heron x 1
Skylark
Meadow Pipit
Raven
Whitethroat
7 Canada Geese plus a few Mallards on the reservoirs.
Hot, quite quiet on the bird front.
-- Edited by John Doherty on Tuesday 22nd of May 2012 06:37:06 PM
whitethroat
blackcap
kestrel
raven
little owl
chaffinch
greenfinch
pied wagtail
grey wagtail
curlew
goosander
willow warbler
stonechat
reed bunting
linnet
great/blue tit
house martin
swallow
meadow pipit
wheatear
skylark
enjoyable morning