Wheatear above Standege Foot Road along the Oldam Edge path to the NW of the reservoir this afternoon
Mark Rigby said
Sun Apr 7 4:09 AM, 2013
Mike Chorley wrote:
Mark Rigby wrote:
1000-1140
10 Woospigeon
Even easier to scare than usual?
Or faster than usual!
Mike Chorley said
Sun Apr 7 3:19 AM, 2013
Mark Rigby wrote:
1000-1140
10 Woospigeon
Even easier to scare than usual?
Mark Rigby said
Sat Apr 6 4:42 PM, 2013
1000-1140
300+ Starling flew east. 3 Curlew 15 Lapwing Skylark 3 Chaffinch 5 Magpie 10 Woodpigeon Moorhen Steady passage of Meadow Pipits and some already on teritory displaying.
-- Edited by Mark Rigby on Saturday 6th of April 2013 09:09:50 PM
Andy Platt said
Sun Mar 31 2:22 AM, 2013
4.30 pm
12 lapwing C30 Starling
Mark Rigby said
Sat Mar 30 6:58 PM, 2013
1145
2 Lapwing Starling 3 Woodpigeon
Steve W Johnson said
Mon Mar 4 12:16 AM, 2013
14.45-15.45
2 Oystercatcher 8 Lapwing 4 Stock Dove Moorhen
Mark Rigby said
Sun Mar 3 10:52 PM, 2013
1100
2 Oystercatcher Lapwing
Steve Suttill said
Sun Jan 27 6:51 PM, 2013
Steve Suttill wrote:
2.30pm - 3.30pm (admittedly not the best time of day)
NOTHING apart from a Moorhen with young chick, on the pond by the ruin, and half a dozen Meadow Pipits.
Lots of insect life though, including the most Craneflies I've seen for ages. I'm no expert in creepy-crawlies but there is a theory that Golden Plover and Dunlin are declining due to a fall in the number of Craneflies on the moors. They are valuable food for the recently-hatched chicks. From my experience today, there's no lack of the insects but they appear to have hatched two months late!
Have just learned from Derek Yalden that the craneflies I saw in August were not the moorland species (Tipula subnodicornis) that normally sustains moorland chicks in late May. Apparently there's a difference in seasons between the peat-dwelling species and those that emerge from mineral soils. I seem to have encountered the latter.
I did say I was no expert - will stick to birds in future
Steve W Johnson said
Mon Nov 19 12:50 AM, 2012
1500-1600 Cold!
Little Owl 3 Fieldfare Carrion Crow Jackdaw Magpie
Mark Rigby said
Tue Oct 16 10:40 PM, 2012
1410-1500
Merlin hunting Meadow Pipits over the moor then had a right go at a Carrion Crow for 10 minutes 2 Kestrel Carrion Crow
Little Owl on wall below Brun Clough Raven over Kestrel Sparrowhawk 6 Tufted Duck on reservoir No Wheatear Small passage of Swallow and Meadow Pipit 20 Starling 4 Rook
Mark Rigby said
Thu Aug 30 2:44 AM, 2012
Early evening
Male Merlin through south at 1900hrs Whinchat 6 Wheatear 15 Goldfinch 2 Magpie 6 Jackdaw 5 Carrion Crow 8 Rook
Graham Beverley said
Sun Aug 26 6:29 PM, 2012
09.45 Wheatear 3 Whinchat Swallow Moorhen
Mark Rigby said
Sat Aug 25 6:34 PM, 2012
From 1000hrs
Whinchat 8+Wheatear 20+Meadow Pipit Tree Pipit south-east over calling and landed with Meadow Pipits at 1020hrs
Andy Platt said
Sat Aug 25 5:04 PM, 2012
Friday 24th August PM
1 Whinchat 5-6 Wheatear 10 Goldfinch 1 Brown Hare
Mark Rigby said
Sat Aug 25 3:10 AM, 2012
1000-1100 this morning
5 Wheatear in NW corner of field on walls. 4 Goldfinch Reed Bunting
Otherwise as Steve says, very quiet!
Steve Suttill said
Sat Aug 25 1:20 AM, 2012
2.30pm - 3.30pm (admittedly not the best time of day)
NOTHING apart from a Moorhen with young chick, on the pond by the ruin, and half a dozen Meadow Pipits.
Lots of insect life though, including the most Craneflies I've seen for ages. I'm no expert in creepy-crawlies but there is a theory that Golden Plover and Dunlin are declining due to a fall in the number of Craneflies on the moors. They are valuable food for the recently-hatched chicks. From my experience today, there's no lack of the insects but they appear to have hatched two months late!
Little Owl 6 Wheatear 2 Goldfinch Swallow (flew south at speed) Sparrowhawk
Thomas and Bill Jones said
Sun Aug 5 4:01 AM, 2012
V quiet at Brun Clough reservoir, but good sighting of a red grouse as we walked up into the moorland opposite the car park.
Mark Rigby said
Tue Jul 31 5:39 AM, 2012
1845-1945
2 Little Owl (1juv) 26 Swift Linnet
Mark Rigby said
Sat Jul 21 9:43 PM, 2012
1130-1300
11 Mistle Thrush 15 Goldfinch 2 adult Wheatear with 4 juvs from 2 broods 25 Starling 2 Reed Bunting 25 Swallow 2 Mallard duckling 2 Magpie inc a juv being fed
MARK HULSE said
Thu Jul 19 3:44 AM, 2012
20 swift 8 swallow 1 adult female wheatear 1[ juv wheatear] 1 kestrel 1 hobby flying towards the derelict house
but no wading birds anywhere too be seen
Paul Davenport said
Wed Jul 18 9:15 PM, 2012
2 oystercatcher 2 lapwing 1 curlew 1 common sandpiper 3 wheatear [one of which was a juvenile] 2 meadow pipit 1 pied wagtail aprox 8 swifts 1 swallow
Oh and a mountain hare
On july 4th. Sorry for the late post my computer was being repaired at the time.
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Wednesday 18th of July 2012 11:02:01 PM
MARK HULSE said
Wed Jun 27 9:17 PM, 2012
[tues 27th 13.00-16.00 ]a day late in posting
4 curlew 2 common sandpiper 4 wheatear[3 juv] 6 mallard 1 lapwing 2 raven 4 oystercatcher 1 male tufted duck 6+swift 12+swallow plus a buzzard being seen off by 4 mistle thrush just past the old house
decent day all in all
-- Edited by MARK HULSE on Wednesday 27th of June 2012 09:21:03 PM
-- Edited by MARK HULSE on Wednesday 27th of June 2012 09:22:55 PM
Mark Rigby said
Tue Jun 26 10:26 PM, 2012
1130-1530hrs
8 Golden Plover Snipe Common Sandpiper 6 Curlew 9 Lapwing 6 Oystercatcher (4 flew over south-west) 3 Wheatear 20+ Swift 3 Mistle Thrush 2 Moorhen 4 Mallard 2 stock Dove
lots of meadow pipit 4 swift 6 house martin 6 swallow 1 common sandpiper 6 lapwing a pair of wheatear a pair of mallard 1 pied wagtail
quite a nice day all in all
-- Edited by MARK HULSE on Thursday 14th of June 2012 08:10:15 PM
-- Edited by MARK HULSE on Thursday 14th of June 2012 08:40:44 PM
Mark Rigby said
Wed May 30 5:17 AM, 2012
Late evening
2 Oystercatcher with 3 young Common Sandpiper 2 Redshank 5 Curlew 18 Lapwing Swift 2 Swallow
Steve Suttill said
Tue May 22 5:59 AM, 2012
mid-afternoon - in glorious sunny weather
Oystercatcher pair 3 or 4 Lapwing 1 Redshank 1 Curlew no sandpipers
walked over to Black Moss & Little Black Moss Resrs: Canada Goose pair with goslings 1 Redshank 1 Golden Plover no sandpipers here either
Steve
Thomas and Bill Jones said
Sun May 13 12:25 AM, 2012
Meadow pipits (plenty) Oystercatcher (looks like one has taken up residence on the far wall) Common Sandpiper Wheatear Lapwings (5) Mallard (pair) Red Grouse (heard not seen)
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Sunday 13th of May 2012 07:08:16 AM
Couldn't get internet access last night to put news on...
Bar-tailed Godwit on Res shore at 6.45pm seen for few minutes then watched as it flew off over dam wall and down valley - thanks to helicopter flying over!
It was very windy up there and I'd just been thinking how quiet it had been ...
Bar-tailed Godwit on reservoir at 1845hrs (different to the Castleshaw bird) flushed by a helicopter and flew down the valley. (info thanks to Steve Johnson)
After the bizarre mid-week sighting of 3 youths shovelling sheep 'dung' out of the ruined house , this morning I was looking forward to a bit of peace at first light. However, I arrived in light drizzle to find about 15 large hounds (from a local hunt I assume) being excercised on the site. Plenty of strartled sheep, not many birds! Eventually, they departed, birds slowly began to re-appear...
Or faster than usual!
Even easier to scare than usual?
300+ Starling flew east.
3 Curlew
15 Lapwing
Skylark
3 Chaffinch
5 Magpie
10 Woodpigeon
Moorhen
Steady passage of Meadow Pipits and some already on teritory displaying.
-- Edited by Mark Rigby on Saturday 6th of April 2013 09:09:50 PM
12 lapwing
C30 Starling
2 Lapwing
Starling
3 Woodpigeon
2 Oystercatcher
8 Lapwing
4 Stock Dove
Moorhen
2 Oystercatcher
Lapwing
Have just learned from Derek Yalden that the craneflies I saw in August were not the moorland species (Tipula subnodicornis) that normally sustains moorland chicks in late May. Apparently there's a difference in seasons between the peat-dwelling species and those that emerge from mineral soils. I seem to have encountered the latter.
I did say I was no expert - will stick to birds in future
Little Owl
3 Fieldfare
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Magpie
Merlin hunting Meadow Pipits over the moor then had a right go at a Carrion Crow for 10 minutes
2 Kestrel
Carrion Crow
4 Mallard
Moorhen
18 Starling
20 Black-headed Gull (over west)
3 Carrion Crow
3 Magpie
A walk down to Brun Lane produced
Little Owl
Chaffinch
2 Robin
Blue Tit
pair Mallard (at that was it )
1 Raven
2 Jay
42 Jackdaw (w)
2 Magpie
8 Carrion Crow
Kestrel
1030-1130hrs
81 Meadow Pipit (s-sw)
7 Chaffinch (sw)
10 Alba Wagtail (s-sw)
Kestrel
8 Carrion crow
50 Meadow Pipit
2 Mallard
Little Owl on wall below Brun Clough
Raven over
Kestrel
Sparrowhawk
6 Tufted Duck on reservoir
No Wheatear
Small passage of Swallow and Meadow Pipit
20 Starling
4 Rook
Male Merlin through south at 1900hrs
Whinchat
6 Wheatear
15 Goldfinch
2 Magpie
6 Jackdaw
5 Carrion Crow
8 Rook
Wheatear 3
Whinchat
Swallow
Moorhen
Whinchat
8+Wheatear
20+Meadow Pipit
Tree Pipit south-east over calling and landed with Meadow Pipits at 1020hrs
1 Whinchat
5-6 Wheatear
10 Goldfinch
1 Brown Hare
5 Wheatear in NW corner of field on walls.
4 Goldfinch
Reed Bunting
Otherwise as Steve says, very quiet!
NOTHING apart from a Moorhen with young chick, on the pond by the ruin, and half a dozen Meadow Pipits.
Lots of insect life though, including the most Craneflies I've seen for ages. I'm no expert in creepy-crawlies but there is a theory that Golden Plover and Dunlin are declining due to a fall in the number of Craneflies on the moors. They are valuable food for the recently-hatched chicks. From my experience today, there's no lack of the insects but they appear to have hatched two months late!
Whinchat
6 Wheatear
2 Goldfinch
Woodpigeon
3 Mallard
Moorhen
Little Owl
6 Wheatear
2 Goldfinch
Swallow (flew south at speed)
Sparrowhawk
2 Little Owl (1juv)
26 Swift
Linnet
11 Mistle Thrush
15 Goldfinch
2 adult Wheatear with 4 juvs from 2 broods
25 Starling
2 Reed Bunting
25 Swallow
2 Mallard duckling
2 Magpie inc a juv being fed
8 swallow
1 adult female wheatear
1[ juv wheatear]
1 kestrel
1 hobby flying towards the derelict house
but no wading birds anywhere too be seen
2 lapwing
1 curlew
1 common sandpiper
3 wheatear [one of which was a juvenile]
2 meadow pipit
1 pied wagtail
aprox 8 swifts
1 swallow
Oh and a mountain hare
On july 4th. Sorry for the late post my computer was being repaired at the time.
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Wednesday 18th of July 2012 11:02:01 PM
4 curlew
2 common sandpiper
4 wheatear[3 juv]
6 mallard
1 lapwing
2 raven
4 oystercatcher
1 male tufted duck
6+swift
12+swallow
plus a buzzard being seen off by
4 mistle thrush just past the old house
decent day all in all
-- Edited by MARK HULSE on Wednesday 27th of June 2012 09:21:03 PM
-- Edited by MARK HULSE on Wednesday 27th of June 2012 09:22:55 PM
8 Golden Plover
Snipe
Common Sandpiper
6 Curlew
9 Lapwing
6 Oystercatcher (4 flew over south-west)
3 Wheatear
20+ Swift
3 Mistle Thrush
2 Moorhen
4 Mallard
2 stock Dove
Some good birding given the weather
3 Oystercatcher
Common Sandpiper
2 Snipe
9 Curlew
2 Lapwing
3 Wheatear (1 juv)
9 Mistle Thrush
Reed Bunting
Pied Wagtail
Skylark
Meadow Pipit
4 Woodpigeon
Black-headed Gull
2 Mallard
8 Lapwing
2 Curlew
2 Common Sandpipers
pair Mallard
Meadow Pipits
Skylarks
Swifts
left when I saw the next heavy shower approaching
Steve
lots of meadow pipit
4 swift
6 house martin
6 swallow
1 common sandpiper
6 lapwing
a pair of wheatear
a pair of mallard
1 pied wagtail
quite a nice day all in all
-- Edited by MARK HULSE on Thursday 14th of June 2012 08:10:15 PM
-- Edited by MARK HULSE on Thursday 14th of June 2012 08:40:44 PM
2 Oystercatcher with 3 young
Common Sandpiper
2 Redshank
5 Curlew
18 Lapwing
Swift
2 Swallow
Oystercatcher pair
3 or 4 Lapwing
1 Redshank
1 Curlew
no sandpipers
walked over to Black Moss & Little Black Moss Resrs:
Canada Goose pair with goslings
1 Redshank
1 Golden Plover
no sandpipers here either
Steve
Oystercatcher (looks like one has taken up residence on the far wall)
Common Sandpiper
Wheatear
Lapwings (5)
Mallard (pair)
Red Grouse (heard not seen)
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Sunday 13th of May 2012 07:08:16 AM
Cold and showery
Very little about!
4 Mallard
7 Lapwing
1 Curlew
2 Carrion Crow
3 Redshank
2 Curlew
8+ Lapwing
1 Oystercatcher
2 Canada Goose
2 Mallard
3 Swallow
Stock Dove
2 Wheatear
5 Meadow pipit
Carrion Crow
Bar-tailed Godwit on Res shore at 6.45pm seen for few minutes then watched as it flew off over dam wall and down valley - thanks to helicopter flying over!
It was very windy up there and I'd just been thinking how quiet it had been ...
Also in area:
2 Redshank
2 Curlew
Moorhen
2 Canada Geese
1 Oystercatcher
1 Carrion Crow
3 Pied Wagtail
4 Meadow Pipit
2 Oystercatcher
5 Lapwing
Curlew
2 Wheatear
Canada Goose
2 Pied Wagtail
2 Mallard
Meadow Pipit
Pretty quiet, similar to Saturday
1 Snipe
8 Wheatear
4 Reed Bunting
15+ Meadow Pipit
5.30-6pm. Sunny, very cold breeze, few patches of snow still!
6 Mallard
2 Canada Geese
2 Curlew
8 Lapwing
3 Meadow Pipit
2 Pied Wagtail
5 Wheatear
8 Starling
1 Stock Dove
6.55-7.45am
2 Oystercatcher
2 Redshank
3 Curlew
4 Lapwing
2 Mallard
1 Canada Goose
1 Wheatear
2 Reed Bunting
10+ Meadow pipit
10 Carrion Crow
Mapgie
3+ Curlew
1 Redshank
4+ Lapwing
3 Mallard
16 Starling
10 Carrion Crow
1 Skylark
4+ Meadow Pipit
1 Sparrowhawk
Steve
3 Wheatear (2m)
2 Raven
2 Oystercatcher
8 Lapwing
2 Curlew
2 Stock Dove
Late pm
27 Golden Plover
2 Redshank
No sign of this morning Wheatear.
-- Edited by Mark Rigby on Tuesday 27th of March 2012 07:26:07 PM