Five Ring Ouzels were a pleasant surprise early this morning while doing my BBS squares in the Bull Hill area, also 18 Wheatear.
Mark Burgess said
Sat Apr 25 2:29 PM, 2015
7.00 till 9.00am Along Moorbottom Rd, Highlights
Willow Warbler 20+ singing from almost every tree and shrub Chiffchaff Common Whitethroat 3 Skylark 3 Wheatear 2 Ring Ouzel 7, 3M & 4F, and a fly over flock of 12 Stonechat Curlew 3 Kestrel 2 Pied Wagtail Young Tawny Owl heard only
Ian Boote said
Wed Apr 22 9:38 AM, 2015
Early AM 1 Grasshopper Warbler 7 Willow Warbler 1 Chiffchaff Buzzard, 1 Curlew, Moorhen 2 Canada Geese, 2 Stonechat, 11 Wheatear, 1 Green Woodpecker, two flocks of Linnets (6 & 4) 11 Ring Ouzel lots of meadow Pipits and 6 Singing Skylarks, Pied Wagtail,Pheasant 4 Lesser Redpoll, 1 Reed Bunting, Goldcrest Blackheaded Gull, 2 Swallow and usuals and Bagpipes.
-- Edited by Ian Boote on Wednesday 22nd of April 2015 09:41:09 AM
Ian Boote said
Tue Apr 21 9:33 AM, 2015
Early AM 2 Grasshopper Warbler 9 Willow Warbler 1 Chiffchaff 2 Kestrel, 3 Curlew, Moorhen 4 Canada Geese, Male Stonechat, 20+ Wheatear, 2 Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, two flocks of Linnets (6 & 4) 8 Ring Ouzel (3m 5f) lots of meadow Pipits and Singing Skylarks, Pied Wagtail, Long Tailed Tits flocks of Goldfinches Pheasant and usuals.
rob archer said
Mon Apr 20 9:13 AM, 2015
Excellent morning for 2 BBS Squares around the moors and Ranges.. 12 Ring Ouzel 26 Wheatear Stonechat in a new area for me. 2 Golden Plover Grasshopper Warbler 2 Stock Dove 2 Green Woodpecker
Chris brown said
Sun Apr 19 9:56 PM, 2015
Had a great walk along moor bottom road with my 2 children. We saw wheatear, excellent views of a male stonechat, green woodpecker, skylark, meadow pipit, linnet, willow warbler, swallow.
Sadly we failed to see the ring ouzels!!!
Zoe Barrett said
Sun Apr 19 8:00 PM, 2015
In trees along road:
4 Willow warblers singing
Nuthatch
3 Chaffinches singing
3 Ring Ouzel including a pair at the far end of moorbottom road on top of slope
5 Wheatears
1 Stonechat
1 Green Woodpecker
1 Peregrine flew over
Grey heron flew over
numerous singing skylarks and Meadow Pipits
Neil Collier said
Sun Apr 19 6:26 PM, 2015
Late morning visit was rewarded by great views of Ring Ouzel, 4 in total along the right hand side of the hill on Moorland Road walking towards the firing range. Other highlights: Wheatear Stonechat Kestrel Willow Warbler Meadow Pipit
Simon Warford said
Sat Apr 18 2:08 PM, 2015
Late morning visit (after an early morning at Elton) with Simon Johnson produced the follow highlights;
17+ Ring Ouzels along Moorbottom Road, both on the slopes right of the path and some below in the valley bottom, slightly more males than females. 19 Wheatear 3 Stonechat 2 Green Woodpecker 14 Willow Warblers few Lesser Redpolls.
Simon Johnson said
Mon Apr 6 6:54 PM, 2015
this morning with Simon Warford
glorious sunshine looking out over a blanket of fog
Good passage of meadow pipits with approx 900 north 3 Wheatear and male Stonechat on moor bottom road 60+ Skylark on moor with at least 30 singing birds Red Grouse displaying 4 Curlew 2 Buzzard Sparrowhawk 2 Raven 5 Greylag Geese sw Green Woodpecker 15 Golden Plover
Ian Boote said
Sun Nov 16 1:48 PM, 2014
walk through Redisher woods and across rifile range gave Treecreeper, Nuthatch, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Fieldfares, Meadow Pipits and 4 Reed Bunting.
rob archer said
Thu Oct 16 5:20 PM, 2014
Ringtail Hen Harrier is still in Holcomve Area at the mo.. Currently hunting by the Tower mobbed by 2 Raven and a Merlin.. Rob..
rob archer said
Thu Oct 16 4:53 PM, 2014
Ringtail Hen Harrier tonight below Harcles Hill.. Flew north below White Hill into Lancs..
Simon Johnson said
Sun Sep 28 6:44 PM, 2014
2 Raven Merlin west 67 Golden Plover in several flocks either sw or east 1100+ Meadow pipit south with several hundred still on the moor 3 juv Stonechat 2 Green Woodpecker 3 Sparrowhawk 2 Greylag Geese north
rob archer said
Mon Apr 28 5:23 PM, 2014
A pair of Raven had set up in Harcles Quarry for the first time this year. . 5 young hatched c10days ago. On checking this morning the nest has been destroyed and all 5 young killed. . .Photos taken and police to be informed. . I doubt anybody will know anything but if they do can info me and will liase with Police.
Ian Whittaker said
Wed Nov 27 1:19 PM, 2013
A short walk along Moorbottom Road up to red flag post on 25th November in glorious sunshine - 100+ fieldfares with a solitary redwing feeding on berry bushes between Moorbottom Road and northern edge of Saplin Wood; two ravens circling over Holcombe Moor edge; kestrel hunting; and 5 stonechats (3 male/2 female) showing well on walls and heather/gorse on hillside above Moorbottom Road.
Simon Johnson said
Mon Nov 11 3:16 AM, 2013
no sign of any snow buntings on the moor this morning
watching from fields just below peel tower
12 Twite came over from the north east when the hit the other valley (which runs to to red brook) they turned back on themselves and headed back and up over the moor towards peel tower 8 Greylag Geese also came over here South 600+ Pinkfeet headed east across south Manchester 393 Starling NW
Chiffchaff, several Goldcrest Nuthatch and Great spotted woodpecker in the garden of the house near by
2 Snipe and 2 Raven on the moor
Mike Passant said
Tue Nov 5 8:52 PM, 2013
The coordinates given for yesterday's Snow Bunting sighting place it by some hundreds of metres in Lancashire.
Interestingly, some 13 years ago, Barbara and I watched two birds at close range for a couple of minutes on the broad summit of Harcles Hill; these were about one and a half kilometres south south east of the latest sighting (and so were comfortably in Greater Manchester). This was a purely chance encounter (we weren't even there birding and were without binoculars) in an area we hadn't walked over for some 20 years, and we assumed at the time that the birds were a regular winter feature (indeed this may well be the case) and so thought little of it.
I suspect that Snow Buntings would generally not be difficult to find here along the summit ridge paths during the winter months (especially after spells of windy/stormy weather), should birders put in the time searching on a regular basis, and after all, the area is relatively easy to access.
Ian McKerchar said
Mon Nov 4 4:22 PM, 2013
A single Snow Bunting was on the moor behind Peel Tower today and was fortuitously photographed by the observer. The bird was on the path between the trig point at the top of Bull Hill and the standing stone on the way to Peel Tower. Approx bearing 768184.
Info thanks to David Whitney
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Monday 4th of November 2013 04:44:54 PM
Simon Johnson said
Sun Oct 20 3:49 AM, 2013
few hours this afternoon - ended up getting caught in the thunderstorm
lots of migration this afternoon mainly thrushes starlings and woodpigeons
2,719 Fieldfare sw in several large flocks 245 Starling west 23 Redwing sw 206 Woodpigeon south 35 Golden Plover circling the moor above red brook before departing sw 54 Lapwing south 21 Snipe sw Merlin south 2 Buzzard south
Stonechat, Peregrine, 2 Raven, Green Woodpecker & 3 Kestrel present on the moor
Simon Johnson said
Sun Oct 6 5:13 AM, 2013
3 Ring Ouzel (1 calling from the bushes on the slope to peel tower early doors and a further 2 flew SW)
lots of meadow pipit and finches on migration 43 Siskin and a Brambling the best amongst
395 Pink-footed geese flew east in 5 skeins, Merlin, Peregrine and 6 Raven also on the move
21 Swallow flew south
Ian Boote said
Mon Sep 23 8:33 PM, 2013
Nuthatch bottom of Moor Bottom Rd, quite a few Meadow Pipits, 1 Wheatear, 2 Stonechat 2 Whinchat around wall below Red Brook Kestrel, at least three Green Woodpeckers 2 flying onto Holcombe Hill and lots of Wrens.
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Monday 23rd of September 2013 10:20:54 PM
rob archer said
Thu Sep 19 1:04 PM, 2013
Weds 18th Sept
Still 4 Whinchat in Red Brook 4 Stonechat 3 Kestrel c40 Pink- footed Geese over Holcombe Moor
Simon Johnson said
Sun Sep 15 2:58 AM, 2013
this afternoon
Peregrine Merlin in red brook area flew west 2 Raven
lots of chats around red brook 13 Stonechat 3 Whinchat Wheatear
100 Swallow 5 House Martin 30 Meadow pipit
rob archer said
Fri Sep 13 5:48 PM, 2013
Thursday 12th Sept
4 Whinchat still in the bracken in Red Brook 6 Stonechat with another 6 or 7 in bracken below Lark Hill just in Lancs 2 Wheatear 2 Raven 3 Kestrel Peregrine Buzzard A few Skylark still on the Moors 2 Little Owl
Simon Johnson said
Sun Sep 1 3:27 AM, 2013
Moor bottom road - bushes around the miniature ponies
female/imm Redstart Garden Warbler 10+ Willow Warbler 15 Goldfinch 5 Chaffinch Goldcrest 50 Swallow on wires 5 House Martins 2 Tree pipit flew over whilst counting the swallows and landed in the bushes Green Woodpecker
On the moor 3 Raven Kestrel Sparrowhawk 105 House martin flew SW Grey Wagtail south Skylark
Mike Horwood said
Tue Aug 27 2:59 AM, 2013
4 Buzzards drifting SW @ 1400
Adrian Dancy said
Thu Aug 22 1:32 PM, 2013
Yesterday...12 Linnets, female Sparrowhawk hung in the wind almost like a kestrel and then stooped in to Reddisher Wood. Later possibly the same bird was fighting with corvids near Peel Tower. Several Kestrels one with its wing and tail feathers damaged probably as a result of disputes with corvids. Carrion Crows fighting with a Raven. Several Wheatear and Meadow Pipit, 2 Little Owls, Green woodpecker. I was not able to get onto Red Brook since the army were shooting on the range but after 5.00pm I was able to get onto Redbrook where there at least two juvenile Stonechats and two juvenile Whinchats but not offereing close views . It was nice to meet Rob Archer.
6 Kestrel, 2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Raven, and Stock Dove in the valley.
190 Swallow, 14 House Martin and 11 Swift Swift moved SW
Ian McKerchar said
Wed Aug 14 11:33 PM, 2013
Originally posted by Mike Horwood today: -
Holcombe Moor, Peregrine over,hundreds of Swallows sadly heading south !! 1330
Ian Boote said
Sun Jun 2 7:21 PM, 2013
Reddisher wood
Great spotted Woodpecker, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, lots of Nuthatch, and Dipper
A lot of work has gone on with a new path up the side of the top lodge to the stepping stones. still under construction but much easier than the previous muddy goat track
Moor and Moor Bottom Rd Skylark, Meadow Pipit Swallow, Green Woodpecker, Curlew, Wheatears, one female Stonechat, large flock of starlings and two Herring Gulls
-- Edited by Ian Boote on Sunday 2nd of June 2013 07:21:55 PM
Simon Johnson said
Mon May 6 3:58 PM, 2013
A late post from yesterday
Wood Warbler was actively feeding in the tree canopy in Reddisher Woods near the bridge over the stream
Simon Warford said
Sun Apr 28 11:24 PM, 2013
At least 30 Wheatears still along Moorbottom Road mid morning, also Green Woodpecker showing well.
Ian Boote said
Sat Apr 27 11:43 PM, 2013
loads of Wheatears stopped counting at 15. several Curlrew, Green Woodpecker, Blackcap Pheasant, several Linnet Skylarks Meadow, Pipit and Cuckoo calling.
Ian Whittaker said
Mon Apr 22 8:45 PM, 2013
Long walk up to the valley head of Red Brook on Saturday 20th April. No sign of ring ouzels, stonechats or little owls. A dozen or so wheatears with males displaying and chasing each other. Green woodpecker heard and solitary linnet singing in gorse above Moor Bottom road.
rob archer said
Sun Apr 14 5:49 PM, 2013
On BBS walk this morning 4 Ring Ouzel still in the valley..
Rob Archer
Simon Johnson said
Sat Apr 13 3:41 PM, 2013
This Morning with Paul Wilson
Tree Pipit - north up valley 4 Ring Ouzel - red brook (at the valley Head) 2 male 2 female 11 Wheatear (9 at red brook) 50 Fieldfare NE and 2 in valley 2 Siskin 3 Lesser Redpoll Swallow NE 7 Sand Martin North 3+ Linnet 6 Buzzard Sparrowhawk 2 Kestrel several Curlew heard and at least 2 Green Woodpecker
2 Goldcrest in trees out on moor
-- Edited by Simon Johnson on Saturday 13th of April 2013 09:54:51 PM
rob archer said
Tue Apr 9 11:24 PM, 2013
This afternoon around the Moors. 5 Ring Ouzel 3 Fieldfare 2 Wheatear 3 Siskin 2 Sparrowhawk 2 Green Woodpecker Many Meadow Pipit There was a pair of Stonechat in a regular spot on 14th March and also 18th March but not seen them since then. Presume the grim weather has had something to do with it..
Rob Archer
Simon Johnson said
Sun Apr 7 4:23 AM, 2013
a good walk round with Simon Warford
The moor was very quiet - only one singing skylark not many meadow pipits back and no wheatear or stonechats
However birds where moving and the best was a ringtail Hen Harrier which circled fields over Tottington gaining height and then drifting north up the valley
other sightings - 4 Buzzard north 4 Curlew North 89 Meadow Pipit north 5 Siskin North
in the valley 3 Green Woodpeckers 4 Fieldfare 70 Starling 2 Raven 2 Kestrel 1 skylark
Ian Boote said
Sat Mar 30 2:32 AM, 2013
quick shufti moor bottom rd plenty walkers out and about At least two green woodpeckers, 16 meadow pipits raven
Ian Boote said
Sat Feb 16 10:41 PM, 2013
Reddisher wood
Coal Tit, Treecreeper, several Great Spotted Woodpecker, Nuthatches, Bullfinch Long Tailed Tits and Jay Moor Bottom Rd 1 Red Grouse above red brook, Siskin, 2 Meadow Pipit 2 Skylark singing, Kestrel. 12 Carrion Crow in one flock
Simon Johnson said
Sat Oct 13 8:22 PM, 2012
couple of hours - fog setting in
single Brambling south 3 Crossbill sw 76 Chaffinch se/sw 136 Redwing sw 11 Siskin south 7 Goldcrest Green Woodpecker heard
-- Edited by Simon Johnson on Saturday 13th of October 2012 08:32:14 PM
Ian Boote said
Sun Aug 12 3:26 AM, 2012
Can only add A Few Meadow Pipits between red brook and lark hill, juvenile stonechat moor bottom rd willow warblers and nuthatch in reddisher wood
Simon Johnson said
Sun Aug 12 2:15 AM, 2012
Mid afternoon
3 juv Wheatear 5 Kestrel 63 Goldfinch feeding on thistles Green Woodpecker 55+ Swallow 15 of wich perching in a sliver birch
No skylark or meadow Pipits
Keith Mills said
Sat Aug 11 8:54 AM, 2012
Yesterday afternoon: Very hot, and thousands of ants on Moorbottom Road,including many flying ( Queen) ants which adhered to my skin! Very quiet bird wise:
Linnets ...3 on the gorse Carrion Crows....12 Kestrel...2 Juv. Wheatear....1 Wren...1 Magpies and Woodpigeon
Some noisy mechanised sheep herding going on, could have explained the lack of bird activity.
-- Edited by keith mills on Saturday 11th of August 2012 12:22:10 PM
rob archer said
Fri Jun 29 4:03 PM, 2012
Plenty of juv birds around the Ranges yesterday afternoon. 28/6/2012 Green Woodpecker 1 juv 2 pairs of Wheatear both with fledged young Stonechats with 2 juv ( 2nd brood) Min of 10 juv Kestrel fledged. Whitethroat feeding young by the Barracks 2 Grey Partridge by the Cairn on Harcles Hill was unusual
( Also a Common Scotor and a single Common Tern on Wayoh Res Lancs) Rob Archer
rob archer said
Tue Jun 5 8:38 PM, 2012
Cuckoo around the Ranges/Redisher Wood area the last couple of days. Still there this morning.
Rob Archer
Ian Boote said
Wed May 30 6:35 AM, 2012
quite a few willow warbler and an odd blackcap at the bottom of holcombe hill Quite a few Wheatear, Skylark, Meadow Pipit with live food. Swift Swallow House Martin one Green Woodpecker two Curlew one on the tops Heard one Stonechat
Simon Johnson said
Wed May 16 4:41 AM, 2012
evening walk not many bird about - cold and windy
2 Red Grouse flew over red brook 3 Wheatear all females and all on the top - none along moor bottom Road Rook several Skylark and Meadow pipit 5 Willow Warbler Whitethroat
Melanie Beckford said
Tue May 1 5:07 AM, 2012
Along Moor Bottom Road, with my class tonight, 7-9pm.
Many Linnet,Skylark and Meadow Pipits. One pair of Wheatear,Stockdove, Swallows, some feeding some going North. Wonderful ,prolonged, close views of a male Green Woodpecker feeding Second Green Woodpecker, seen lower down in the valley being 'seen off' by a Crow.
Willow Warbler 20+ singing from almost every tree and shrub
Chiffchaff
Common Whitethroat 3
Skylark 3
Wheatear 2
Ring Ouzel 7, 3M & 4F, and a fly over flock of 12
Stonechat
Curlew 3
Kestrel 2
Pied Wagtail
Young Tawny Owl heard only
-- Edited by Ian Boote on Wednesday 22nd of April 2015 09:41:09 AM
12 Ring Ouzel
26 Wheatear
Stonechat in a new area for me.
2 Golden Plover
Grasshopper Warbler
2 Stock Dove
2 Green Woodpecker
Wheatear
Stonechat
Kestrel
Willow Warbler
Meadow Pipit
17+ Ring Ouzels along Moorbottom Road, both on the slopes right of the path and some below in the valley bottom, slightly more males than females.
19 Wheatear
3 Stonechat
2 Green Woodpecker
14 Willow Warblers
few Lesser Redpolls.
glorious sunshine looking out over a blanket of fog
Good passage of meadow pipits with approx 900 north
3 Wheatear and male Stonechat on moor bottom road
60+ Skylark on moor with at least 30 singing birds
Red Grouse displaying
4 Curlew
2 Buzzard
Sparrowhawk
2 Raven
5 Greylag Geese sw
Green Woodpecker
15 Golden Plover
Rob..
Merlin west
67 Golden Plover in several flocks either sw or east
1100+ Meadow pipit south with several hundred still on the moor
3 juv Stonechat
2 Green Woodpecker
3 Sparrowhawk
2 Greylag Geese north
watching from fields just below peel tower
12 Twite came over from the north east when the hit the other valley (which runs to to red brook) they turned back on themselves and headed back and up over the moor towards peel tower
8 Greylag Geese also came over here South
600+ Pinkfeet headed east across south Manchester
393 Starling NW
Chiffchaff, several Goldcrest Nuthatch and Great spotted woodpecker in the garden of the house near by
2 Snipe and 2 Raven on the moor
The coordinates given for yesterday's Snow Bunting sighting place it by some hundreds of metres in Lancashire.
Interestingly, some 13 years ago, Barbara and I watched two birds at close range for a couple of minutes on the broad summit of Harcles Hill; these were about one and a half kilometres south south east of the latest sighting (and so were comfortably in Greater Manchester). This was a purely chance encounter (we weren't even there birding and were without binoculars) in an area we hadn't walked over for some 20 years, and we assumed at the time that the birds were a regular winter feature (indeed this may well be the case) and so thought little of it.
I suspect that Snow Buntings would generally not be difficult to find here along the summit ridge paths during the winter months (especially after spells of windy/stormy weather), should birders put in the time searching on a regular basis, and after all, the area is relatively easy to access.
Info thanks to David Whitney
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Monday 4th of November 2013 04:44:54 PM
lots of migration this afternoon mainly thrushes starlings and woodpigeons
2,719 Fieldfare sw in several large flocks
245 Starling west
23 Redwing sw
206 Woodpigeon south
35 Golden Plover circling the moor above red brook before departing sw
54 Lapwing south
21 Snipe sw
Merlin south
2 Buzzard south
Stonechat, Peregrine, 2 Raven, Green Woodpecker & 3 Kestrel present on the moor
lots of meadow pipit and finches on migration 43 Siskin and a Brambling the best amongst
395 Pink-footed geese flew east in 5 skeins, Merlin, Peregrine and 6 Raven also on the move
21 Swallow flew south
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Monday 23rd of September 2013 10:20:54 PM
Still 4 Whinchat in Red Brook
4 Stonechat
3 Kestrel
c40 Pink- footed Geese over Holcombe Moor
Peregrine
Merlin in red brook area flew west
2 Raven
lots of chats around red brook
13 Stonechat
3 Whinchat
Wheatear
100 Swallow
5 House Martin
30 Meadow pipit
4 Whinchat still in the bracken in Red Brook
6 Stonechat with another 6 or 7 in bracken below Lark Hill just in Lancs
2 Wheatear
2 Raven
3 Kestrel
Peregrine
Buzzard
A few Skylark still on the Moors
2 Little Owl
female/imm Redstart
Garden Warbler
10+ Willow Warbler
15 Goldfinch
5 Chaffinch
Goldcrest
50 Swallow on wires
5 House Martins
2 Tree pipit flew over whilst counting the swallows and landed in the bushes
Green Woodpecker
On the moor
3 Raven
Kestrel
Sparrowhawk
105 House martin flew SW
Grey Wagtail south
Skylark
Paddys pond area -
Spotted flycatcher
30+ Willow Warbler
10+ Coal Tit
Nuthatch
2 Treecreeper
Red brook -
3 Juv Stonechat
7 Wheatear
6 Kestrel, 2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Raven, and Stock Dove in the valley.
190 Swallow, 14 House Martin and 11 Swift Swift moved SW
Holcombe Moor, Peregrine over,hundreds of Swallows sadly heading south !! 1330
Great spotted Woodpecker, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, lots of Nuthatch, and Dipper
A lot of work has gone on with a new path up the side of the top lodge to the stepping stones. still under construction but much easier than the previous muddy goat track
Moor and Moor Bottom Rd Skylark, Meadow Pipit Swallow, Green Woodpecker, Curlew, Wheatears, one female Stonechat, large flock of starlings and two Herring Gulls
-- Edited by Ian Boote on Sunday 2nd of June 2013 07:21:55 PM
Wood Warbler was actively feeding in the tree canopy in Reddisher Woods near the bridge over the stream
Rob Archer
Tree Pipit - north up valley
4 Ring Ouzel - red brook (at the valley Head) 2 male 2 female
11 Wheatear (9 at red brook)
50 Fieldfare NE and 2 in valley
2 Siskin
3 Lesser Redpoll
Swallow NE
7 Sand Martin North
3+ Linnet
6 Buzzard
Sparrowhawk
2 Kestrel
several Curlew heard and at least 2 Green Woodpecker
2 Goldcrest in trees out on moor
-- Edited by Simon Johnson on Saturday 13th of April 2013 09:54:51 PM
5 Ring Ouzel
3 Fieldfare
2 Wheatear
3 Siskin
2 Sparrowhawk
2 Green Woodpecker
Many Meadow Pipit
There was a pair of Stonechat in a regular spot on 14th March and also 18th March but not seen them since then. Presume the grim weather has had something to do with it..
Rob Archer
The moor was very quiet - only one singing skylark not many meadow pipits back and no wheatear or stonechats
However birds where moving and the best was a ringtail Hen Harrier which circled fields over Tottington gaining height and then drifting north up the valley
other sightings -
4 Buzzard north
4 Curlew North
89 Meadow Pipit north
5 Siskin North
in the valley
3 Green Woodpeckers
4 Fieldfare
70 Starling
2 Raven
2 Kestrel
1 skylark
Coal Tit, Treecreeper, several Great Spotted Woodpecker, Nuthatches, Bullfinch Long Tailed Tits and Jay
Moor Bottom Rd 1 Red Grouse above red brook, Siskin, 2 Meadow Pipit 2 Skylark singing, Kestrel. 12 Carrion Crow in one flock
single Brambling south
3 Crossbill sw
76 Chaffinch se/sw
136 Redwing sw
11 Siskin south
7 Goldcrest
Green Woodpecker heard
-- Edited by Simon Johnson on Saturday 13th of October 2012 08:32:14 PM
A Few Meadow Pipits between red brook and lark hill, juvenile stonechat moor bottom rd
willow warblers and nuthatch in reddisher wood
3 juv Wheatear
5 Kestrel
63 Goldfinch feeding on thistles
Green Woodpecker
55+ Swallow 15 of wich perching in a sliver birch
No skylark or meadow Pipits
Very hot, and thousands of ants on Moorbottom Road,including many flying ( Queen) ants which adhered to
my skin!
Very quiet bird wise:
Linnets ...3 on the gorse
Carrion Crows....12
Kestrel...2
Juv. Wheatear....1
Wren...1
Magpies and Woodpigeon
Some noisy mechanised sheep herding going on, could have explained the lack of bird activity.
-- Edited by keith mills on Saturday 11th of August 2012 12:22:10 PM
Green Woodpecker 1 juv
2 pairs of Wheatear both with fledged young
Stonechats with 2 juv ( 2nd brood)
Min of 10 juv Kestrel fledged.
Whitethroat feeding young by the Barracks
2 Grey Partridge by the Cairn on Harcles Hill was unusual
( Also a Common Scotor and a single Common Tern on Wayoh Res Lancs)
Rob Archer
Rob Archer
Quite a few Wheatear, Skylark, Meadow Pipit with live food.
Swift Swallow House Martin
one Green Woodpecker two Curlew one on the tops
Heard one Stonechat
2 Red Grouse flew over red brook
3 Wheatear all females and all on the top - none along moor bottom Road
Rook
several Skylark and Meadow pipit
5 Willow Warbler
Whitethroat
Many Linnet,Skylark and Meadow Pipits. One pair of Wheatear,Stockdove, Swallows, some feeding some going North.
Wonderful ,prolonged, close views of a male Green Woodpecker feeding
Second Green Woodpecker, seen lower down in the valley being 'seen off' by a Crow.