11.30-15.00
Jay
Goosander
Meadow pipit
Sparrowhawk
Kestrel
Fieldfare
Great crested grebe
Little grebe
Teal
Mallard
Jackdaw
Rook
Carrion crow
Magpie
Canada geese
Black headed gulls
Common gulls
Greater black back gull
Lesser black back gull
Tufted ducks
Blue tits
Great tits
House sparrow
Dunnock
Blackbird
Chaffinch
Greenfinch
Moorhen
Pheasant
Magpies
Cormorants
Woodpigeon

1645-dark

2 Teal
Wigeon
Tufted Duck
49 Mallard
GC Grebe
GS Woodpecker
Little Grebe
3 Cormorant
3 Rook

Pretty quiet again today.

Little Grebe
Great crested Grebe
10 Tufted Duck
8 Cormorant
Kestrel
Sparrowhawk
Fieldfare
GS Woodpecker

Plus the regulars at the feeders

1430-1700

16 Wigeon
Great crested grebe
Little Grebe
8 Fieldfare
Grey Wagtail
17 Tufted Duck
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Kestrel

Evening visit in foul weather

2 Great crested Grebe
Little Grebe
12 Tufted Duck
16 Mallard
15 Black headed Gull
2 Rook
170 Jackdaw

Other than the usuals, it was again very quiet.

late morning visit

Again very quiet

Little Grebe
Great crested Grebe
3 Cormorant
8 Tufted Duck
26 Mallard
2 Moorhen
Kestrel

lunch time

Little Grebe
16 Tufted Duck
5 Cormorant

Little Grebe, late afternoon, the only thing of note.

Wigeon
12 Tufted Duck
2 Great Crested Grebe
Sparrowhawk
3 Cormorant

Steady passage of Meadow Pipits

Early morning till 1050

2 Bullfinch
Greenfinch
Chaffinch
Reed Bunting
Robin
Dunnock
50+ Meadow Pipit
Jay
12 Tufted Duck
3 Cormorant
Goosander (redhead)
11 Mallard
16 Black-headed Gull

It would appear that the Castleshaw bird scarers have been out in force recently. Only 2 Black-headed Gull seen in a brief visit of both reservoirs.
It has been quiet lately with Goosander being the recent highlight.

I have started the feeder station up again today. The seed tray survived the scroats but the feeders have been smashed up.

I have put up a new seed and nut feeder and restocked the tray. Almost immediately, a Robin and Blue Tit appeared and started feeding.

Very quiet this morning. Only birds of note:

Common Buzzard
3 Coot
4 Linnet
3 Grey Wagtail
Moorhen
Snipe
32 Mistle Thrush all flying south.

-- Edited by Mark Rigby on Saturday 3rd of September 2011 09:21:25 AM

-- Edited by Mark Rigby on Saturday 3rd of September 2011 10:47:20 AM

Little Ringed Plover (juv) was the only thing of note in a brief visit.

Merlin through mid morning chasing Meadow Pipits and Goldfinch until mobbed by a Kestrel then no further sightings.
Also Blackcap (fem at Hull Dam) and family party of Bullfinch.

Late Afternoon

Teal
11 Tufted Duck
Kestrel
Buzzard
Great Crested Grebe
Cormorant

mid-afternoon

Couple of hundred gulls - mainly Lesser Black-backs.
Loads of Canada Geese.
Quite a few Mallard.
About a dozen Tufted Duck.
Half a dozen Cormorants.
One male Kestrel.

Had enough precise counting for this year

No waders or chats seen. Splendid show of Harebells on the slope up to the fort.

Steve

early evening

Buzzard
Kestrel
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Snipe
4 Wheatear
17 Tufted Duck
Grey Heron
7 Mistle Thrush

Perhaps they'd all gone to Brun Clough

2 Common buzzard though this morning.

Not much else!

Very quiet this week

Today-late evening

20 Tufted Duck
3 Cormorant
3 Great Crested Grebe (Inc juv)
Wheatear

2 Wheatear late afternoon-otherwise quiet.

Whinchat reported at Castleshaw Upper reservoir on wall near cottage. (info per G.Beverley)

Juvenile/ 1st winter Dunlin was the highlight this afternoon

2 Greenshank flew in from the north, circled the Upper Reservoir a couple of times, landing briefly then flew off high to the west.

Otherwise, very quiet.

06.30-08.30

Magpies
Carrion crow
Woodpigeon
LBB gulls
Feral pigeon
Swallow
Mallard
Lapwings
Moorhen
Tufted 16
Grey heron
Reed bunting
GC grebe
Swifts
Pied wag
BH gulls
Willow warbler
Great tit
Robin
jackdaw
bullfinch m
Mistle thrush 7
Goldfinch
Meadow pipits
GS woodpecker
Greenfinch
Canada geese
Common sandpiper
Grey wagtail
Wheatear 3
Jay
House Martin
Blackbird
Blue tit
Rook
House sparrow
Chaffinch
Kestrel
Coal tit
Coot
Pheasant

Brief visit early evening

Family party of 5 Wheatear(3 juv)
3 Great crested Grebe
11 Tufted Duck
Grey Wagtail
Swift
Swallow

05.00-06.45

Kestrel
Blackbird
Oystercatcher 2
Canada geese
Magpies
Carrion crow
Woodpigeon
LBB gulls
Dunnock
Feral pigeon
Swallow
Mallard
Lapwings
Moorhen
Tufted f1 j5 m13
Grey heron
Reed bunting
GC grebe
Swifts
Pied wag
BH gulls
Chief chaff
Great tit
Curlew
Mistle thrush 3
Teal
Meadow pipits

late afternoon

24 Tufted Duck including 4 ducklings now
2 Oystercatcher
juv Swallows
2 Kestrel

07.90-09.00

Magpies
Mallard
Moorhen
Greenfinch
Reed bunting
Carrion crow
Blackbird
Woodpigeon
Dunnock
Pheasant
Swallow
Meadow pipits
Curlew 4
Linnet 25ish
Canada geese
Oystercatcher
Tufted ducks 10m+1f+5juv
Robin
Feral pigeon
Mistle thrush 5
Black head gulls
Pied wagtails
Lesser black back gulls
Greater spotted woodpecker juv
Coot4
Goldfinch 5+
great tit family
Grey heron
Willow warbler

Just popped home to get changed

Did I mention the rain

-- Edited by Graham Beverley on Saturday 16th of July 2011 09:44:20 AM

-- Edited by Graham Beverley on Saturday 16th of July 2011 09:46:13 AM

14/7 late PM

26 Lapwing
26 Tufted Duck Inc 5 duckling (site record for me)
Oystercatcher
Common Sandpiper
Curlew

Late pm.

4 Common Sandpiper
Oystercatcher
20 Tufted Duck(Inc 5 duckling)
Great Crested Grebe
Curlew
8 Mistle Thrush
Jay

09.45-11.15

Little grebe
Buzzard
Common sandpiper
GSWoodpecker
Grey heron

08.00-09.30
Swallows
Magpies
Blackbird
Mallard
Moorhen
Woodpigeon
Jackdaw
Carrion crow
Goldfinch
Reed bunting
Meadow pipits 50+
GC grebe
Tufted 8+1f+5young
Canada geese
Lbb gull
Kestrel
Bh gull
Pheasant
Mistle thrush 4
Chaffinch
Swift
Coot 4
Skylark
oystercatcher
Pied wag
Grey wag
Curlew calling

1930-2030

16 Tufted Duck+fem with 5 ducklings
2 Great Crested Grebe
Oystercatcher

1530-1630

Very quiet

3 Great Crested Grebe
Oystercatcher
14 Curlew
3 Tufted Duck

Sunday 19th June. 07.30 hrs.

4 Oystercatchers over.
Kestrel.
Pied Wagtail.

Roger.

Spotted flycatcher still present at 19:30.

Spotted flycatcher
13.40 today behind farm

Sightings for yesterday - 15th May

Lower Resevoir:-

4 Dunlin
1 Redshank
1 Oystercatcher
2 Great Crested Grebe
3 Reed Bunting in song
50+ Swift feeding low over Lwr Res.
12 House Martin feeding low over Lwr Res.
22 Swallow feeding low over Lwr Res.

Sedge Warbler in hawthorns near the car park late morning.

4 Linnets
Redshank
Oystercatcher
Dunlin
Lapwing
Curlew
Skylark
4 Great crested Grebe
2 Tufted Duck
Grasshopper Warbler
3 Grey Wagtail
Kestrel
Sparrowhawk

Mid afternoon

3 Dunlin
5 Redshank
2 Oystercatcher
3 Curlew
7 Lapwing
Grey Wagtail with 2 fledged young
4 Great crested Grebe
2 Skylark

Grasshopper warbler beyond lower res

Also present: dunlin, redshank, 2 great crested grebes, a pair of canada geese with 6 young.

A lone Dunlin mid afternoon otherwise pretty quiet

Late afternoon

3 Redshank
2 Teal
2 Great crested Grebe
Lapwing
Mallard with ducklings
Pied Wagtail
Skylark

Whitethroat at Hull Mill Lodge


-- Edited by Mark Rigby on Thursday 28th of April 2011 10:01:03 PM

Dunlin - 1
Redshank - 2 displaying
Common Gull 1
Wheatear - 2 on higher ground towards T'Heights

-- Edited by Kath Butterworth on Friday 22nd of April 2011 08:47:45 PM

Early morning and early afternoon

2 Oystercatcher
3 Redshank
Common Sandpiper
2 Tufted Duck
2 Great crested Grebe
Curlew
6 Lapwing

White Stork (prob. Harewood bird) circled Castleshaw upper at 1630hrs for 4 mins then drifted off north.

Info per Tony Mather

Mid afternoon

Redshank
Curlew
5 Lapwing
Oystercatcher
2 Great-crested Grebe
241 Lesser Black-backed Gull
3 Herring Gull

0700-1100 with Mr.Beverley

2 Little-ringed Plover
5 Redshank
2 Curlew
8 Lapwing
Sparrowhawk
Kestrel
2 Stock Dove
4 Oystercatcher