A walk along the Clough yesterday afternoon. Among the sightings were:
Kingfisher and Dipper on the Brook. Jay Large flock of Goldfinch Mixed flocks of tits (Blue, Great, Long-Tailed) Goldcrest
I am surprised that there have been no postings from here in over a year as Longworth Clough is beautiful, quiet and easy to access - recommended.
David Lumb said
Sun Jun 23 3:04 AM, 2013
Very wet & windy this morning so a walk along the brook in the valley gave me some shelter.
2 Buzzards soaring overhead 1 Oystercatcher flying over Lots of Black-headed Gulls flying over Woodpigeons 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker 2 House Martins flying over Wrens Robins Blackbirds Pair of Garden Warblers. Made a brief visit across the brook into GM Blackcaps Willow Warblers Long-tailed Tits Blue Tits Great Tits Nuthatches Magpies Chaffinches Bullfinches
David Lumb said
Thu Jan 24 4:56 AM, 2013
Walked up to the clough seeing hardly anything through Eagley & Dunscar, including a mooch onto a deserted golf course (people & birds absent except for a couple of crows).
Hardly any birds to be seen walking up through the clough except for a flock of 6 Siskins in flight. On the way back through I saw a couple of walkers looking at something with intertest. They pointed out a flock of 7 Reed Buntings in small bushes near the river. They are fairly regular in the top fields near Longworth Road but the snow must have driven them down into the valley.
David Lumb said
Tue Sep 11 2:35 AM, 2012
Morning walk through the clough along the river. Afternoon walk along the top of the clough from Dingle Reservoir along a very overgrown little used path. A machete would have been very handy to cut through the balsam !
1 Buzzard 1 Kestrel 1 Pheasant 5 Woodpigeons 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker 20 House Martins flying above 100+ Swallows on wires at Hampsons 10 Wrens 6 Robins 2 Blackbirds 2 Chiffchaffs 1 Willow Warbler singing away. Sounded more like a spring arrival. 1 Goldcrest Lots of Long-tailed Tits, Blue Tits, and Great Tits 3 Jays 4 Magpies 2 Carrion Crows 18 Starlings 6 Chaffinches 1 Greenfinch 4 Goldfinches 24 Siskins 2 Bullfinches
1 Field Vole. When I almost stood on something in the long wet grass I expected a frog or a toad. This very wet individual was in no rush to scarper away seemingly not at all happy with the wet conditions. 1 Peacock, 1 Speckled Wood.
Kingfisher and Dipper on the Brook.
Jay
Large flock of Goldfinch
Mixed flocks of tits (Blue, Great, Long-Tailed)
Goldcrest
I am surprised that there have been no postings from here in over a year as Longworth Clough is beautiful, quiet and easy to access - recommended.
2 Buzzards soaring overhead
1 Oystercatcher flying over
Lots of Black-headed Gulls flying over
Woodpigeons
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker
2 House Martins flying over
Wrens
Robins
Blackbirds
Pair of Garden Warblers. Made a brief visit across the brook into GM
Blackcaps
Willow Warblers
Long-tailed Tits
Blue Tits
Great Tits
Nuthatches
Magpies
Chaffinches
Bullfinches
Hardly any birds to be seen walking up through the clough except for a flock of 6 Siskins in flight. On the way back through I saw a couple of walkers looking at something with intertest. They pointed out a flock of 7 Reed Buntings in small bushes near the river. They are fairly regular in the top fields near Longworth Road but the snow must have driven them down into the valley.
1 Buzzard
1 Kestrel
1 Pheasant
5 Woodpigeons
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker
20 House Martins flying above
100+ Swallows on wires at Hampsons
10 Wrens
6 Robins
2 Blackbirds
2 Chiffchaffs
1 Willow Warbler singing away. Sounded more like a spring arrival.
1 Goldcrest
Lots of Long-tailed Tits, Blue Tits, and Great Tits
3 Jays
4 Magpies
2 Carrion Crows
18 Starlings
6 Chaffinches
1 Greenfinch
4 Goldfinches
24 Siskins
2 Bullfinches
1 Field Vole. When I almost stood on something in the long wet grass I expected a frog or a toad. This very wet individual was in no rush to scarper away seemingly not at all happy with the wet conditions.
1 Peacock, 1 Speckled Wood.