dunlin 4 redshank 3 common sandpiper white wagtail oystercatcher 3 curlew swallow 4 lapwing 3 coot 2 med pips 40+ wren
Mark Rigby said
Mon Apr 19 10:39 PM, 2010
Late evening visit
18 Sand Martin (a site record?) 20+ Swallow
and a lone Wheatear on wall opposite car park
and nothing else
Graham Beverley said
Sun Apr 11 10:15 AM, 2010
Ring ouzel 1 poss 2 on noddle male
Mark Rigby said
Mon Apr 5 7:18 PM, 2010
1230-1700
1 White Wagtail and no Osprey!
Bill Myerscough said
Sat Apr 3 6:40 PM, 2010
Mark Rigby wrote:
Operation Osprey looks like it has failed this year.
Don't give up hope yet Mark! My only ever GM Osprey and fortunately seen at Piethorne was on 7th April 2004 at 11.25 am - I can still remember it like it was yesterday!
In the 2008 County report there were 8 records between 4/4 and 20/4 and even 2 May records and also a single June record. And there's still return passage.
Keep trying and I really hope that you get one.
Best wishes,
Bill.
Mark Rigby said
Sat Apr 3 6:25 PM, 2010
Operation Osprey looks like it has failed this year.
3 Reed Bunting 2 Great Tit 2 Blue Tit 5 Chaffinch Blackbird Greenfinch Goldfinch Pheasant House Sparrow
stuartherring said
Sun Mar 14 4:55 PM, 2010
2 reedbuntings 4 greenfinch 2 chaffinch at feeding station, on lower res 8 cormorant +usual geese on upper res various gulls 1 cormorant 1 small duck poss tuftie f/m must remember to put battery in camera next time
-- Edited by stuartherring on Sunday 14th of March 2010 04:59:06 PM
Gary Crowder said
Sun Mar 7 5:11 PM, 2010
Also two Oystercatchers on the bank of lower res this pm.
Gary Crowder said
Sun Mar 7 5:03 PM, 2010
2 Goosanders (drake and Redhead) and female Goldeneye on Upper Res this afternoon. 5 Cormorants on Lower res. 111 LBBG's, 30 Herring, 28 Common and 73 BH Gulls on ice.
Also 2 Goosanders (drake and redhead) on Piethorne. Female Bullfinch in garden with feeders along Ogden and 2 Teal on Ogden.
Kath Butterworth said
Wed Mar 3 1:32 PM, 2010
Glad you caught up with it John.
Sun 28th Feb - 1 adult Med gull on fileds at Lark Hill (1300-1400 flew towards Audenshaw) 8 Skylark in same fields and 12 in fields at Heights 1 Little Owl at Lark Hill -first in this area for a few months and first one seen in Castleshaw area in 2010 ( are they scarce in other areas at present?) 1400hrs - 70 Pink Foot flying west
JSPALDING said
Mon Mar 1 2:13 PM, 2010
Monday, am ,adult med gull lower Castleshaw reservoir.
Mark Rigby said
Sat Feb 27 9:27 AM, 2010
Iceland gull (2w) this morning and 2 curlew. Info from g.beverley.
Mark Rigby said
Fri Feb 26 10:45 PM, 2010
25/02/10 0800-1000
10 Goosander (4 m) 21 Mallard 6 Cormorant 41 LBB 2 GBB 12 Common Gull 74 BHG 7 Herring Gull
Feeding Station
7 Reed Bunting 5 Blue Tit 3 Great Tit 6 Chaffinch Robin Dunnock
Mark Rigby said
Sat Feb 13 5:48 PM, 2010
mid PM
5 Reed Bunting 7 Chaffinch 16 Greenfinch 4 Blue Tit 3 Great Tit 4 House Sparrow Woodpigeon
2 Goldeneye (top Res) 17 Common Gull
GBB LBB HG BHG all lower res 4 Cormorant 21 Mallard
Mark Rigby said
Sun Feb 7 3:20 PM, 2010
1300-1430hrs
Feeders
2 Bullfinch (m+f) 7 Reed Bunting 23 Greenfinch 12 Chaffinch 2 Goldfinch Dunnock Robin 4 Blue Tit 2 Great Tit 8 House Sparrow 5 Long-tailed Tit Carrion Crow Jackdaw
A water rail has been frequenting the gardens around Hull Mill Brook pond for at least the last week. I finally managed to see it yesterday, Saturday, in a private garden on Palinwood road, feeding on suet put out on the patio. My first record for Saddleworth.
Kath Butterworth said
Sun Feb 7 11:43 AM, 2010
Sat 6th Feb - 1400-1600hrs Magpie8 Pochard - 1 male Mallard 11 GBB - 63 BHG - 56 Cormorant -3 Lapwing 3 Goosander -3 Grey Wagtail -1 Goldeneye - 1 (first seen for a while, are numbers down elswhere?)
Andy Caveney said
Mon Feb 1 6:06 PM, 2010
1ST FEB
9.10-11.10 at feeders
greenfinch 6 blackbird 3 blue tit 6 reed bunting 2 magpie 2 jay c crow great tit 2 m & f bullfinch starling jackdaw robin 2 house sparrow 4 chaffinch 6 dunnock 4
Tell me why I can't find bramblings (sing along to tune of 'I don't like mondays', Boomtown rats. Terrific variety in the m chaffinches one with large bright yellow slash on wing bar, some with two white flashes, others with hardly any, not bramblings though (not during my visit anyway!) My brambling day will come I'm sure.
Graham Beverley said
Sat Jan 30 10:03 AM, 2010
Friday 09.20 - 13.00
blackbird greenfinch 10 blue tit reed bunting 3 magpie 5 canada geese 20 + jackdaw 4 chaffinch 6 dunnock carrion crow great tit jay starling robin house sparrow 3 black headed gull 20 + goldfinch 4 heron moorhen mallard 10 wigeon 2 cormorant 2 gbb gull 17 common gull 4 herring gull 8 lbb gull 5 mistle thrush feral pigeon pheasant sparrowhawk m brambling f
Mike Chorley said
Fri Jan 29 9:27 PM, 2010
Probably nicked it from Audi ( like the Iceland)
Matt Potter said
Thu Jan 28 9:49 PM, 2010
Nice find Rigby!
Mark Rigby said
Thu Jan 28 9:38 PM, 2010
Ad Yellow-legged Gull (if accepted by the Rarity's Committee) at Castleshaw this am.
Also
c70 Herring Gull c25 GBB c60 LBB
Mark Rigby said
Thu Jan 28 9:44 AM, 2010
Fem brambling at the feeders at 0930
kerry skelhorn said
Wed Jan 27 11:48 AM, 2010
Was there about 11:30 am yesterday..saw a quite a large flock of mainly HG and GBB gull, few LBB, which I only scanned quickly with bins so...did not see the Iceland gull
However, there was a brambling on the feeders & a couple in with a finch flock in the garden adjacent to bottom res. Also on feeders: 5 reed buntings, 2 house sparrows, approx 10 greenfinch, 2-3 goldfinch, dunnock, great tit, blue tit, chaffinch.
No sign of Iceland Gull this morning at 09:45 but large flock had gone. 4 goosander present though (3 F; 1 M)
Ian McKerchar said
Tue Jan 26 1:27 PM, 2010
Second winter Iceland Gull present today at 1:10pm.
Info thanks to Mark Rigby
Mark Rigby said
Thu Jan 21 4:57 PM, 2010
A quick visit today to stock up the feeders.(1400hrs)
Bottom res 100% frozen still, but open water appearing on the top res.
c100 Black headed Gull, c 20 Common Gull. 5 Herring Gull, 19 LBB, 12 GBB
At the well stocked feeders
3 Reed Bunting
as well as the usual stuff.
I wont be able to visit until Tuesday 26th, so if anybody is going up there, could they take some seed etc.
Thanks for the table cage, (whoever you are?) the seed seems to be lasting a lot longer. A nice home made feeder has also appeared. Thanks again.
Mike Chorley said
Mon Jan 11 10:40 PM, 2010
I sense a new list in the making
or at least a sub-section?
Mark Rigby said
Mon Jan 11 4:51 PM, 2010
Short visit this afternoon to re-stock the feeders.
Access road is very deep with snow (4 feet deep in places) but is still drivable to the car park entrance. May be better tomorrow as it was being dug out by a tractor when I visited.
2 Dunnock's were waiting on the empty seed tray. As I was about to put seed on the tray, one Dunnock flew into a bush next to me. I held some seed out on my hand and both birds landed on my arm and started to feed. One bird thanked me by crapping on my shirt cuff
All the water was still frozen, but it was quite mild so may thaw in the next couple of days
As I was walking back to the car, several small flocks of Greenfinch and Goldfinch flew towards the feeders.
kerry skelhorn said
Thu Jan 7 8:46 PM, 2010
Unsuprisingly, nothing on the reservoirs as both are completely frozen over & will probably remain so for at least the next week! Have been walking over lark hill from Diggle to fill up the feeders every couple of days with nuts & seed as they're demolishing supplies fast in this weather! Tough going in the knee deep snow today...yesterday was just too bad to get over there...what we do for the twit birds eh! Did have a skein of 240 pinkfeet going over the valley (SW) so not completely uninteresting birdwise!
Kath Butterworth said
Fri Jan 1 10:07 PM, 2010
1 Jan
1500 - walked over via Dobcross and Diggle 1 Snipe flushed on noddle 2 Cormorant 2 Goosander 3 Stock Dove - plantation top res - similar time as previously so perhaps it is evening roost site? Female Brambling at feeding station, 2 Reed Bunting and 1 Pheasant and usual suspects of Greenfinch, Dunnock, Robin, Chaffinch, Great Tit, Blue Tit
Mark Rigby said
Thu Dec 31 10:07 PM, 2009
3 hours at the feeding station this am (0830-1130)
No Brambling
2 Reed Bunting 4 Blue Tit 5 Great Tit 3 Dunnock 8 Greenfinch 5 House Sparrow 2 Robin Pheasant Blackbird 3 Chaffinch 3 Starling Mistle Thrush 2 Magpie Jay 2 Jackdaw Carrion Crow 2 Woodpigeon
Lone Pinkfoot with Canada's and 8 Cormorant on bottom res+usual Gulls, etc
-- Edited by Mark Rigby on Thursday 31st of December 2009 10:11:06 PM
kerry skelhorn said
Thu Dec 31 5:18 PM, 2009
3 teal & 2 goosander on top res. 2 more goosander on bottom res + usual mallard, cormorant LBB, GBB, HG & BH gull
Feeders full so didn't top up
Kath Butterworth said
Tue Dec 29 11:44 AM, 2009
Mon 28th
Male Brambling on ground near seed tray. 1430. My first at Castleshaw ,although i have seen them in the garden in Delph (female on 26th Dec)
Mark Rigby said
Sun Dec 27 7:15 PM, 2009
Must have just missed you Kath.
Just before I left at about 1430hrs, I had 2 Snipe fly over the feeding station.
Also
4 Reed Bunting 5 Greenfinch 5 House Sparrow 2 Dunnock 5 Great Tit 3 Chaffinch 3 Blue Tit
I put down about 2 litres of seed yesterday and it had all gone when I got there today.
Think it may be time to invest in a cage to go over the seed tray-there are some fat looking Pheasants around the car park
Kath Butterworth said
Sun Dec 27 5:27 PM, 2009
27th -1400- 1600
Kingfisher at Eagle Lodge on way up from Delph
top reservoir - pair Goosander, 1 Dipper. 3 Jays
- 8 Stock Dove circling over plantation behind house. Landed briefly on "noddle"
bottom res - GBB Gull - 7 Herring Gull - 1 Common Gull - 2 BH Gull - 6
Cormorant -2 Fieldfare -4 Mistle Thrush -1
Not a pipit in sight.
Pair of Reed Bunting at feeding station. Currently well stocked so we took our seed home
Mark Rigby said
Tue Dec 22 8:43 PM, 2009
Mr.Warfy had a look for it on Monday with no joy
just as well
Kath Butterworth said
Tue Dec 22 5:37 PM, 2009
Aborted pipit hunt again today. By the time the blizzard had stopped, light was fading fast. Also got to go and rescue a car. Will try tomorrow.
Kath Butterworth said
Tue Dec 22 1:59 PM, 2009
Belated news from Sun 20th December Twas I and Phil who saw the Rock Pipt and Stonechat on lower Castleshaw. I was certain when i called it and hence the call to the pager. Self doubt has now set in. Seen down to 12 yard through binos although lighting wasnt brilliant. Jizz, size, call and flight all pointed at Rock Pipit. Pipit had black legs , very dark plumage overall - smudgy on flanks and belly. Very dark head, no obvious supercilium, no white in tail when it flew. There was no " white on the flank, under tail or belly".
Aborted an attempt to relook yesterday , but will try today on foot.
18 Sand Martin (a site record?)
20+ Swallow
and a lone Wheatear on wall opposite car park
and nothing else
1 White Wagtail and no Osprey!
Very quiet still.
2 Oystercatcher
2 Redshank
Curlew
4 Lapwing
2 Tufted Duck
4 Mallard
Canada Geese
Feeder
Usual stuff + 5 Reed Bunting
Another 3hrs this afternoon on "Osprey Watch"
Redshank
2 Oystercatcher
4 Cormorant
6 Tufted Duck (4 m)
3 Mallard
Sparrowhawk
40+ Mipits
2 Pied Wagtail
Goldeneye
Feeders
7 Greenfinch
3 Goldfinch
2 Chaffinch
2 Reed Bunting
3 Great Tit
2 Blue Tit
Dunnock
Robin
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
6 Cormorant
2 Oystercatcher
Redshank
7 Lapwing
78 Canada Goose
16 Mallard
25+ Fieldfare
50+ Starling
Feeders
3 Reed Bunting
2 Great Tit
2 Blue Tit
Pheasant
Blackbird
7 Chaffinch
8 Greenfinch
3 House Sparrow
Dunnock
5 Jackdaw
Carrion Crow
Cormorant - 5
Canada Geese - many
Mallard - 15+
Oystercatcher - 2
Redshank - 1
Lapwing - 5
Curlew - Heard only
Crow
Magpie
Feeders
Chaffinch - 2
House Sparrow - 2
Robin - 2
Blue Tit - 2
Reed Bunting - 3 m 2 f
5 Cormorant
7 Lapwing
2 Oystercatcher
7 Mallard
6 Goosander
Canada Goose
Feeding Station
3 Reed Bunting
2 Great Tit
2 Blue Tit
5 Chaffinch
Blackbird
Greenfinch
Goldfinch
Pheasant
House Sparrow
-- Edited by stuartherring on Sunday 14th of March 2010 04:59:06 PM
Also 2 Goosanders (drake and redhead) on Piethorne. Female Bullfinch in garden with feeders along Ogden and 2 Teal on Ogden.
Sun 28th Feb - 1 adult Med gull on fileds at Lark Hill (1300-1400 flew towards
Audenshaw)
8 Skylark in same fields and 12 in fields at Heights
1 Little Owl at Lark Hill -first in this area for a few months and
first one seen in Castleshaw area in 2010 ( are they scarce in other
areas at present?)
1400hrs - 70 Pink Foot flying west
10 Goosander (4 m)
21 Mallard
6 Cormorant
41 LBB
2 GBB
12 Common Gull
74 BHG
7 Herring Gull
Feeding Station
7 Reed Bunting
5 Blue Tit
3 Great Tit
6 Chaffinch
Robin
Dunnock
5 Reed Bunting
7 Chaffinch
16 Greenfinch
4 Blue Tit
3 Great Tit
4 House Sparrow
Woodpigeon
2 Goldeneye (top Res)
17 Common Gull
GBB
LBB
HG
BHG all lower res
4 Cormorant
21 Mallard
Feeders
2 Bullfinch (m+f)
7 Reed Bunting
23 Greenfinch
12 Chaffinch
2 Goldfinch
Dunnock
Robin
4 Blue Tit
2 Great Tit
8 House Sparrow
5 Long-tailed Tit
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Res
6 Cormorant
21 Mallard
6 Canada Goose
Goldeneye (f)
LBB
BHG
2 Goosander (m+f)
21 Starling and 2 Fieldfare along access road
24 Rook in fields near cricket club
Magpie8
Pochard - 1 male
Mallard 11
GBB - 63
BHG - 56
Cormorant -3
Lapwing 3
Goosander -3
Grey Wagtail -1
Goldeneye - 1 (first seen for a while, are numbers down elswhere?)
9.10-11.10 at feeders
greenfinch 6
blackbird 3
blue tit 6
reed bunting 2
magpie 2
jay
c crow
great tit 2
m & f bullfinch
starling
jackdaw
robin 2
house sparrow 4
chaffinch 6
dunnock 4
Tell me why I can't find bramblings (sing along to tune of 'I don't like mondays', Boomtown rats. Terrific variety in the m chaffinches one with large bright yellow slash on wing bar, some with two white flashes, others with hardly any, not bramblings though (not during my visit anyway!) My brambling day will come I'm sure.
blackbird
greenfinch 10
blue tit
reed bunting 3
magpie 5
canada geese 20 +
jackdaw 4
chaffinch 6
dunnock
carrion crow
great tit
jay
starling
robin
house sparrow 3
black headed gull 20 +
goldfinch 4
heron
moorhen
mallard 10
wigeon 2
cormorant 2
gbb gull 17
common gull 4
herring gull 8
lbb gull 5
mistle thrush
feral pigeon
pheasant
sparrowhawk m
brambling f
Also
c70 Herring Gull
c25 GBB
c60 LBB
However, there was a brambling on the feeders & a couple in with a finch flock in the garden adjacent to bottom res. Also on feeders: 5 reed buntings, 2 house sparrows, approx 10 greenfinch, 2-3 goldfinch, dunnock, great tit, blue tit, chaffinch.
No sign of Iceland Gull this morning at 09:45 but large flock had gone. 4 goosander present though (3 F; 1 M)
Info thanks to Mark Rigby
Bottom res 100% frozen still, but open water appearing on the top res.
c100 Black headed Gull, c 20 Common Gull. 5 Herring Gull, 19 LBB, 12 GBB
At the well stocked feeders
3 Reed Bunting
as well as the usual stuff.
I wont be able to visit until Tuesday 26th, so if anybody is going up there, could they take some seed etc.
Thanks for the table cage, (whoever you are?) the seed seems to be lasting a lot longer. A nice home made feeder has also appeared. Thanks again.
or at least a sub-section?
Access road is very deep with snow (4 feet deep in places) but is still drivable to the car park entrance. May be better tomorrow as it was being dug out by a tractor when I visited.
2 Dunnock's were waiting on the empty seed tray. As I was about to put seed on the tray, one Dunnock flew into a bush next to me. I held some seed out on my hand and both birds landed on my arm and started to feed. One bird thanked me by crapping on my shirt cuff
All the water was still frozen, but it was quite mild so may thaw in the next couple of days
As I was walking back to the car, several small flocks of Greenfinch and Goldfinch flew towards the feeders.
Did have a skein of 240 pinkfeet going over the valley (SW) so not completely uninteresting birdwise!
1500 - walked over via Dobcross and Diggle
1 Snipe flushed on noddle
2 Cormorant
2 Goosander
3 Stock Dove - plantation top res - similar time as previously so perhaps it is evening roost site?
Female Brambling at feeding station, 2 Reed Bunting and 1 Pheasant and usual suspects of Greenfinch, Dunnock, Robin, Chaffinch, Great Tit, Blue Tit
No Brambling
2 Reed Bunting
4 Blue Tit
5 Great Tit
3 Dunnock
8 Greenfinch
5 House Sparrow
2 Robin
Pheasant
Blackbird
3 Chaffinch
3 Starling
Mistle Thrush
2 Magpie
Jay
2 Jackdaw
Carrion Crow
2 Woodpigeon
Lone Pinkfoot with Canada's and 8 Cormorant on bottom res+usual Gulls, etc
-- Edited by Mark Rigby on Thursday 31st of December 2009 10:11:06 PM
2 more goosander on bottom res + usual mallard, cormorant LBB, GBB, HG & BH gull
Feeders full so didn't top up
Male Brambling on ground near seed tray. 1430.
My first at Castleshaw ,although i have seen them in the garden in Delph (female on 26th Dec)
Just before I left at about 1430hrs, I had 2 Snipe fly over the feeding station.
Also
4 Reed Bunting
5 Greenfinch
5 House Sparrow
2 Dunnock
5 Great Tit
3 Chaffinch
3 Blue Tit
I put down about 2 litres of seed yesterday and it had all gone when I got there today.
Think it may be time to invest in a cage to go over the seed tray-there are some fat looking Pheasants around the car park
Kingfisher at Eagle Lodge on way up from Delph
top reservoir - pair Goosander, 1 Dipper. 3 Jays
- 8 Stock Dove circling over plantation behind house. Landed briefly on "noddle"
bottom res - GBB Gull - 7
Herring Gull - 1
Common Gull - 2
BH Gull - 6
Cormorant -2
Fieldfare -4
Mistle Thrush -1
Not a pipit in sight.
Pair of Reed Bunting at feeding station. Currently well stocked so we took our seed home
just as well
Will try tomorrow.
Twas I and Phil who saw the Rock Pipt and Stonechat on lower Castleshaw.
I was certain when i called it and hence the call to the pager. Self doubt has now set in.
Seen down to 12 yard through binos although lighting wasnt brilliant. Jizz, size, call and flight all pointed at Rock Pipit.
Pipit had black legs , very dark plumage overall - smudgy on flanks and belly. Very dark head, no obvious supercilium, no white in tail when it flew. There was no " white on the flank, under tail or belly".
Aborted an attempt to relook yesterday , but will try today on foot.
Goosander - 8
Teal - 2
Lesser Black backed Gull -1
Mallard -8
Snipe
Grey Wagtail
Dipper
The little "dicky birds" are costing me a small fortune-but its worth it!
One lapwing flying over.
Filled up one of feeders - birds couldn't wait to get on! 4 dunnock, 4-5 house sparrow, blue tits & great tits, robin & magpie (no finches around).
On feeders:
2 Jays
1 Bullfinch (f)
8 Goldfinch
2 House sparrow
2 Reedbunting (m & f)
Dunnock
Robin
On res:
25 Mallard
3 tufted duck (m,f,f)
6 cormorant
20 GBB gull
13 Herring gull
c. 30 LBB gull
c. 75 BH gull
5 Common gull
Can't wait till they stop work on the res - its like picaddilly circus - tranquility gone!
55 Mallard
3 Fieldfare
21 Starling
Stonechat
13 Goldfinch
5 Greenfinch
Linnet
68 Canada Geese
10 House Sparrow
Robin
Dunnock
Blue Tit
Great Tit
Res
5 Cormorant
14 Mallard
79 Great Black-backed Gull
41 Lesser Black-backed Gull
6 Common Gull
206 Black headed gull
17 Herring Gull
68 Canada Goose
1 Pink-footed Goose
Feeding Station
12 House Sparrow
4 Greenfinch
Goldfinch
Bullfinch (fem)
2 Blue Tit
4 Great Tit
2 Dunnock
Robin
Song Thrush
Wren
Raven over
Late news from 8/12/09
101 Great Black-backed Gull
20 Herring Gull
1 Pink-footed Goose
-- Edited by Mark Rigby on Thursday 10th of December 2009 02:22:32 PM
10 am Saturday 5th Dec:
On bottom res:
100 Canada geese (with one Pinkfoot)
c. 200 BH gull
27 LBB gull
5 Cormorant
6 Mallard
2 Common gull
1 goosander + 2 flying over
on feeders:
5 House sparrow
1 dunnock
1 Jay
2 blue tit
4 great tit
1 goldfinch
On top res:
a single GC grebe & not much else!
Very quiet again.
Great crested Grebe
34 Mallard
2 Cormorant (dont tell the fishermen)
Sparrowhawk
Bullfinch (fem) at the feeding station.
Very quiet
7 Mallard
Goldeneye
13 Gbb Gull
3 Lbb Gull
250 Bh Gull
Reed Bunting at the feeding station.