Red Grouse, 3 Tawny Owl, 2+ Mandarin Duck, 2 Nuthatch, Grey Wagtail, 12 Greenfinch. Plus usuals.
Chris Harper said
Fri Jul 28 11:43 AM, 2023
8-11 Oakgates to Higher Swineshaw highlights:
3 Oystercatcher, 3 Stonechat, Red Grouse, Common Whitethroat, 20 House Martin, 20 Swift, 4 Swallow, 3 Blackcap, 3 Willow Warbler, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, Common Buzzard, 2 Linnet, Cormorant, Nuthatch, Grey Wagtail.
Possible Willow Tit between Walkerwood reservoir and Oakgates car park. With mixed roving flock. Glimpsed without binoculars then went deep into cover. No call either but worth looking out for maybe?
john tromans said
Mon May 15 1:19 PM, 2023
Wood Warbler still this late am. Same place as before. Calling/singing constantly and showing well.
Great to see and hear the Wood Warbler this afternoon in its usual place.
c10 Redpoll across the valley 1 Swallow
Apart from good numbers of Willow Warbler and Chiffchaff singing it was fairly quiet in the afternoon sun.
Ian Howarth said
Thu May 11 7:22 PM, 2023
Wood Warbler showed really well and sung non stop this p.m. at the co-ordinates Pete H gives. I had 3 lots of spinning coin then a chee, chee etc, then repeat.
Mike Chorley said
Wed May 10 9:53 PM, 2023
Wood Warbler still present, in the area as described by Paul Dewey (see below). Quite mobile around a small area and mostly only doing the 'spinning coin' part of the song. Of note- wall-nesting Coal Tit carrying food.
Pete Hines said
Tue May 9 4:46 PM, 2023
Wood Warbler singing and showing well at times from Brushes Road at 53.489147, -2.002599 Red-legged Partridge 2 Curlew 3 Common Sandpiper 4 (1 Walkerwood Res, 3 Higher Swineshaw) Raven 1 Stonechat 2 (pair) Wheatear 1 Redpoll 8
Had a walk up to see the wood warbler reported on Birdguides. Decent views, bird singing in trees at 13.15 between Brushes road and Brushes reservoir, just before the treeline ends.
Also a county first for me in the shape of a cuckoo. Was calling above the road and then flew across the valley to other side of reservoir.
Isaac Heath said
Mon Apr 17 4:10 PM, 2023
Forgot to add one drake goosander
Isaac Heath said
Mon Apr 17 4:07 PM, 2023
Walk over Harridge to swineshaw and back (10-1pm)
4 skylark
9 curlew, two of them were chasing off 2 oystercatcher
1 wheatear
5 stonechat
6 Reed bunting
1 ring ouzel
2 pied wagtail
2 linnet
3 red grouse
4 swallow
1 common buzzard
Lots meadow pipits
Little walk up to Harridge via the dam and sun green
male and female goosander on Millbrook dam
2 bullfinch
4 greenfinch
4 kestrel
2 buzzard
1 wren
2 dunnock
Plus lots of usuals
Stuart Pike said
Sat Jan 1 3:27 PM, 2022
New Year yomp around Wild Bank, Walkerwood, upto Swineshaw and Harridge and back. A few Redwing arguing with a couple of Mistle Thrush, a female Bullfinch, six Nuthatch, about ten Red Grouse at the top, and a Sparrowhawk were the highlights.
David Walsh said
Fri Nov 5 7:50 AM, 2021
Friday 5th November 2021, 6.45am
Walkerwood
4 Goosander on the reservoir (1 drake, 3 redhead) - my first of the autumn c35 Fieldfare down the valley and into the Country Park, followed 15 minutes later by c60 Redwing.
Isaac Heath said
Sat Sep 4 10:07 PM, 2021
Country park up lower Hyde green, then to Harridge, upper swineshaw then back down to walkerwood up to wild bank to farms and back (got sore legs this eve!)
10-2.45
2 cormorant, 6 Reed bunting, 4 red grouse, 10 meadow pipits, 6 stonechat, 2 wheatear, 2 kestrel, 4 bullfinch, 3 pied wagtails c50 black headed gulls, 1 common buzzard, 42 goldfinch, 16 swallows plus usuals
Walk up round Harridge to swineshaw and back through country park yesterday morning 1 tufted duck 4 lapwing and young 8 stonechat 6 curlew 15 black headed gulls 4 chiffchaff 5 common sandpiper 1 sparrowhawk 3 Jays 2 grey wagtail 1 pied wagtail 1 cormorant 2 linnet
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Thursday 17th of June 2021 08:39:01 PM
Chris Harper said
Thu May 27 9:33 PM, 2021
18:30-21:00
4 Common Sandpiper, Wheatear, Tawny Owl, 3 Lesser Redpoll, Common Whitethroat, 2 Kestrel, 4 Curlew, Common Buzzard, 2 Linnet, 2 Reed Bunting, 4 Red Grouse, 4 Stonechat, 10 Meadow Pipit, 3 Swift, 4 Blackcap, 12 Willow Warbler, 5 Chiffchaff, 3 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker.
Ian McKerchar said
Thu May 20 2:48 PM, 2021
The bird in your photographs is a Canary Isaac, clearly escaped from captivity somewhere!
Isaac Heath said
Thu May 20 2:31 PM, 2021
Lots of walks over the past week - one of which has got me and a few others flummoxed. I have attached pics below, the bird was bigger than a robin, round belly and very yellow, at first glance i thought a Siskin, but its not. It is ringed but a green ring.
Suggestions so far have been Serin, yellowhammer, or an escaped bird... any suggestions most welcome!
todays wet and windy walk through country park up to swineshaw and back
2 grey wagtail
1 cormorant
1 pied wagtail
2 great spotted woodpecker
4 common sandpiper
2 reed bunting
10 meadow pipit
1 kestrel
1 common buzzard
1 kestrel
2 curlew
6 chaffinch
2 chiffchaff
2 greenfinch
C30 black headed gulls on lower swineshaw
-- Edited by Isaac Heath on Thursday 20th of May 2021 02:32:30 PM
25/08/2024 - 09:00-12:00
Brushes to Higher Swineshaw
1 Buzzard, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kestrel, 2 Little grebe (Higher Swineshaw), 60 Canada Geese (Higher Swineshaw), Bullfinch, Chiffchaff, Grey Wagtail, 2 Grey Heron, 7 House Martin, 5 Swallow, Jay, Lesser Redpoll, Linnet, Meadow Pipit, 3 Stone chat (2 Juv), Long-tailed tit, plus the usuals.
Brushes Road-Higher Swineshaw 08:00-10:50
Peregrine falcon was mobbing 2 Raven, 3 Lesser Redpoll, Little Grebe on Lower Swineshaw, 1+ Common Buzzard, 2 Red Grouse, 2 Stonechat, 7 Linnet, 2 Reed Bunting, 2+ Kestrel, Common Sandpiper, Nuthatch, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 15 Swallow, 7 House Martin, 4 Swift, Willow Warbler, 6 Meadow Pipit, 3 Chiffchaff, Pied Wagtail, 2 Goldcrest, Jay.
Around Higher Swineshaw from 10:30-11:00
Osprey flew low West, 4 Common Sandpiper, 3 Reed Bunting, 15 Meadow Pipit, 3 Stonechat, Common Buzzard, 2 Willow Warbler, 6 Oystercatcher over
-- Edited by Chris Harper on Sunday 9th of June 2024 01:22:26 PM
01/06/2024
Brushes to Higher Swineshaw to Wild bank hill
50 species in total
6 Curlew, Common Sandpiper, 1 Oystercatcher, 1 Lapwing
Female Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, Buzzard
Common Whitethroat, Willow warbler, Chiffchaff, Blackcap
10 Swift on the top of Wild bank, Swallow
Stonechat, Skylark, Meadow pipit, Grey wagtail, Pied wagtail, Lesser redpoll, Greenfinch, Goldfinch, Goldcrest, Reed bunting, Long-tailed tit, Coat tit, Great tit, Blue tit, Mistle thrush, Collard Dove, Jay, plus the usuals
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Sunday 2nd of June 2024 11:04:17 AM
Walk up to higher swineshaw and back yesterday about 11am
1 cuckoo near gamekeepers cottage
4 sandpiper on walkerwood
1 cormorant over
2 reed bunting at the end of higher swineshaw near the old railway building
5 curlew
8 sandpiper on higher swineshaw
2 pied wagtail
8 meadow pipits
1 stonechat
1 grey wagtail
4 jay
plus usuals
-- Edited by Isaac Heath on Thursday 30th of May 2024 10:04:24 PM
Around Higher Swineshaw reservoir this evening.
2 Stonechat, 2 Curlew, Pied Wagtail, 4 Meadow Pipit.
Brushes car park to Higher Swineshaw 07:30-10:15
6 Stonechat, 3+ Meadow Pipit, 5 Siskin, 2 Lesser Redpoll, Red Grouse, Treecreeper, 2 Common Buzzard, Kestrel, 3 Goosander, Grey Wagtail, Reed Bunting.
Walkerwood-Higher Swineshaw 14:50-16:35
Red Grouse, 3 Tawny Owl, 2+ Mandarin Duck, 2 Nuthatch, Grey Wagtail, 12 Greenfinch. Plus usuals.
8-11 Oakgates to Higher Swineshaw highlights:
3 Oystercatcher, 3 Stonechat, Red Grouse, Common Whitethroat, 20 House Martin, 20 Swift, 4 Swallow, 3 Blackcap, 3 Willow Warbler, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, Common Buzzard, 2 Linnet, Cormorant, Nuthatch, Grey Wagtail.
Possible Willow Tit between Walkerwood reservoir and Oakgates car park. With mixed roving flock. Glimpsed without binoculars then went deep into cover. No call either but worth looking out for maybe?
Wood Warbler showing well
Other highlights were:
1+ Cuckoo above gamekeepers cottage
1 Garden Warbler
7 Blackcap
8 Chiffchaff
17 Willow Warbler
3 Common Whitethroat
1 Sparrowhawk
1 Kestrel
3 Stonechat
Lesser Redpoll
7 Common Sandpiper
3 Reed Bunting
3 Linnet
Grey Wagtail
-- Edited by Vicky Harper on Sunday 14th of May 2023 07:35:14 PM
Garden Warbler 3 singing birds
Cuckoo heard
Curlew 6
Common Sandpiper 4
Stonechat pair
Garden Warbler 3 singing birds
Cuckoo heard
Curlew 6
Common Sandpiper 4
Stonechat pair
c10 Redpoll across the valley
1 Swallow
Apart from good numbers of Willow Warbler and Chiffchaff singing it was fairly quiet in the afternoon sun.
Of note- wall-nesting Coal Tit carrying food.
Red-legged Partridge 2
Curlew 3
Common Sandpiper 4 (1 Walkerwood Res, 3 Higher Swineshaw)
Raven 1
Stonechat 2 (pair)
Wheatear 1
Redpoll 8
Had a walk up to see the wood warbler reported on Birdguides. Decent views, bird singing in trees at 13.15 between Brushes road and Brushes reservoir, just before the treeline ends.
Also a county first for me in the shape of a cuckoo. Was calling above the road and then flew across the valley to other side of reservoir.
This morning
2 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Curlew, 7 Wheatear, Stonechat, Linnet, Grey Wagtail, 3 Swallow, 8 Meadow Pipit.
Higher Swineshaw to lower car park 12:00-13:00
Wheatear. 2 Little Ringed Plover, 4 Willow Warbler, 6 Chiffchaff, drake Goosander, 17 Meadow Pipit, Red Grouse, 4 Curlew.
8:45-11:15
2 Red Grouse, 65 Pink Footed Geese over, Raven, 3 Red Legged Partridge, 2 Common Buzzard, Kestrel, 4 Reed Bunting, 6 Bullfinch, Pied Wagtail, Nuthatch, 5 Mistle Thrush.
Around Higher Swineshaw 11am
7 Teal, Red Grouse, 2 Raven, 8 Meadow Pipit.
9-11:30 Car park to Higher Swineshaw
Kingfisher on mill pond, 4 Red Grouse, 7 Stonechat, Sparrowhawk, 2+Common Buzzard, 40 House Martin, 5 Swallow, Willow Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Nuthatch, 2 Cormorant, Tufted Duck, 7 Meadow Pipit
Higher Swineshaw lowest I've ever seen it.
Walk up to higher swineshaw and back today through country park
12 jays
2 cuckoos
9 common sandpiper
2 oystercatcher
6 curlew
1 cormorant
4 Reed bunting
8 linnets including fledglings
2 grey wagtail
2 pied wagtail
6 stonechat
plus the usuals
Around Higher Swineshaw this evening.
4 Common Sandpiper, 2 Wheatear, 2 Common Buzzard, 3 Reed Bunting, Grey Wagtail, 7 Meadow Pipit, 3 Willow Warbler.
Around Higher Swineshaw this evening.
2+ Common Sandpiper, 2 Reed Bunting, 3 Willow Warbler, Grey Wagtail, 2 Tufted Duck, 3 Pied Wagtail, 6 Meadow Pipit, Curlew
Full circuit from the car park via Carrbrook across to Higher Swineshaw and back down 09:00-11:45
17 Lapwing, 4 Stonechat, displaying Skylark, 3 Meadow Pipit, 5 Red Grouse, 5 Linnet, 2+Raven, Kestrel, 2 Common Buzzard, 3 Lesser Redpoll, Sparrowhawk, 2 Fieldfare, Redwing, 2 Nuthatch, Jay.
Walkerwood
4 Goosander on the reservoir (1 drake, 3 redhead) - my first of the autumn
c35 Fieldfare down the valley and into the Country Park, followed 15 minutes later by c60 Redwing.
Brushes Road to Higher Swineshaw 18:00-20:15
Peregrine Falcon, Tawny Owl, Red Grouse, 4 Red Legged Partridge, 3 Reed Bunting, 4 Stonechat, 3 Kestrel, 4 Nuthatch, 2 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, Jay, Grey Wagtail, 3 Cormorant over, Goldcrest
Yesterday evening
8 Lesser Redpoll, 5 Common Sandpiper, 4 Stonechat, 2 Linnet, 7 Reed Bunting, 5 Willow Warbler, 2 Kestrel, Common Buzzard, Nuthatch, 4 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, Curlew, 2 Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail, 10 Meadow Pipit, 8 Swallow, 6 Swift, Tawny Owl.
Plus usuals
Around Higher Swineshaw Reservoir 19:30-20:00
4 Lesser Redpoll, 3 Reed Bunting, Willow Warbler, 5 Stonechat, 5 Meadow Pipit, Grey Wagtail, Common Buzzard
Walk up round Harridge to swineshaw and back through country park yesterday morning 1 tufted duck 4 lapwing and young 8 stonechat 6 curlew 15 black headed gulls 4 chiffchaff 5 common sandpiper 1 sparrowhawk 3 Jays 2 grey wagtail 1 pied wagtail 1 cormorant 2 linnet
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Thursday 17th of June 2021 08:39:01 PM
18:30-21:00
4 Common Sandpiper, Wheatear, Tawny Owl, 3 Lesser Redpoll, Common Whitethroat, 2 Kestrel, 4 Curlew, Common Buzzard, 2 Linnet, 2 Reed Bunting, 4 Red Grouse, 4 Stonechat, 10 Meadow Pipit, 3 Swift, 4 Blackcap, 12 Willow Warbler, 5 Chiffchaff, 3 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker.
The bird in your photographs is a Canary Isaac, clearly escaped from captivity somewhere!
Lots of walks over the past week - one of which has got me and a few others flummoxed. I have attached pics below, the bird was bigger than a robin, round belly and very yellow, at first glance i thought a Siskin, but its not. It is ringed but a green ring.
Suggestions so far have been Serin, yellowhammer, or an escaped bird... any suggestions most welcome!
todays wet and windy walk through country park up to swineshaw and back
2 grey wagtail
1 cormorant
1 pied wagtail
2 great spotted woodpecker
4 common sandpiper
2 reed bunting
10 meadow pipit
1 kestrel
1 common buzzard
1 kestrel
2 curlew
6 chaffinch
2 chiffchaff
2 greenfinch
C30 black headed gulls on lower swineshaw
-- Edited by Isaac Heath on Thursday 20th of May 2021 02:32:30 PM
18:30-20:10 Walkerwood to Higher Swineshaw
3 Wheatear, 4+ Common Sandpiper, Common Whitethroat, 2 Stonechat, Lesser Redpoll, 2 Red Legged Partridge, 2 Red Grouse, 10 Willow Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 6 Meadow Pipit, Swallow, Kestrel, 5 Reed Bunting, 3 Linnet, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker.
Walk through the country park up round Harridge to higher swineshaw from 9.30 this morning
8 lapwing
6 common sandpiper
4 reed bunting
4 stonechat
7 lesser redpoll
4 willow warbler
2 curlew
15 meadow pipits
8 wheatear
2 pied wagtail
4 blackcaps
1 great spotted woodpecker
4 red grouse
1 grey wagtail
walk through the country park up to higher swineshaw and back at 9.30 this morning
1 cuckoo
1 great spotted woodpecker
1 common sandpiper (on walkerwood - furthest down i have seen one)
6 common sandpiper on swineshaw
2 curlew (absolutely love the sounds these birds make!)
4 reed bunting
5 wheatear
4 lesser redpoll
c10 meadow pipits
2 pied wagtail
1 common buzzard
Saturday evening - quick walk through the country park and up towards Harridge (around 4pm)
Plenty of greenfinch
2 stonechat
4 lapwing
1 common buzzard
Sunday walk through the country park up to Brushes and back around 10.45am
2 common sandpiper
1 great spotted woodpecker
2 pied wagtail
1 grey wagtail
2 blackcap
-- Edited by Isaac Heath on Monday 10th of May 2021 08:41:19 PM
a walk of all weathers this morning - from sun to hail and then snow, up to swineshaw and back again
2 great spotted woodpeckers
6 common sandpiper
4 curlew
4 reed bunting
8 wheatear
2 stonechat
2 willow warbler
3 chiffchaff
1 common buzzard
2 sand martin
c15 meadow pipits
2 ring ouzel
still not heard or seen a cuckoo
-- Edited by Isaac Heath on Thursday 6th of May 2021 07:15:15 PM
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Thursday 6th of May 2021 07:30:17 PM
Walk up round Harridge and back through Swineshaw and the country park this morning - 9.30-12
2 common buzzard
2 kestrel
2 curlew
4 common sandpiper
c15 meadow pipits
1 great spotted woodpecker
2 pied wagtail
4 reed bunting
2 stonechat
4 lesser redpoll
2 chiffchaff
1 willow warbler
2 wheatear
Briefly around Higher Swineshaw Reservoir this morning.
4 Common Sandpiper, Raven, 2 Kestrel, Reed Bunting, Willow Warbler, 4 Curlew, 8 Meadow Pipit, Pied Wagtail, Tufted Duck, Red Grouse, forgot to add 2 Linnet from Saturday.
Around Higher Swineshaw 20:00
4 Ring Ouzel, 4 Wheatear, Common Sandpiper, 6 Meadow Pipit, Willow Warbler, 2 Stonechat, 7 Red Grouse, 2 Curlew.
No sign of reported Black Redstart