For someone who was busy with his guttering all day (on the house you understand!) and didn't manage to get out birding, reading your post almost takes me straight there- infact I'm almost sure I saw that Buzzard! Keep 'em coming.
Bill Myerscough said
Fri Nov 3 4:19 PM, 2006
At Piethorne on a crisp, sunny morning:-
At approx. 10.30 a.m. 120+ Redwings at low altitude moving west. Also at this time 170+ Fieldfares flying around aimlessly at low altitude in the valley. At 11.35 a.m. a large flock of 400+ Fieldfares passed over the valley at medium altitude moving west. With the best berry crop in the valley for years it was disappointing to find a just a single lonely Fieldfare in a hawthorn tree in the valley and watch all these other thrushes flying over!
Also present were exactly 20 Teal on Ogden Reservoir - there has now been a good series of counts at Piethorne for this species since mid-October. No doubt the low water level on Ogden is helping this species showing here and presumably when water levels return to normal they will cease to come here in such numbers.
A Buzzard was twice heard calling around the lower valley but I could not locate it in the sky. Also seen 3 Jays, 3 Goosanders, a Grey Wagtail, a Little Owl and the first Goldeneyes of this winter - 2 female/immatures were on Kitcliffe Reservoir.
This afternoon went up to Akzo pool, Littleborough and caught up with the White-fronted Goose.
Spot on Bill.
For someone who was busy with his guttering all day (on the house you understand!) and didn't manage to get out birding, reading your post almost takes me straight there- infact I'm almost sure I saw that Buzzard! Keep 'em coming.