Saturday 16th April 2016, 8.00 - 9.30am

Lees Hill, Middle Bank, and Pack Saddle

9 Ring Ouzels. Difficult to count, as they didn't fly together, despite moving around constantly. Almost certainly an under-count.
9 Wheatear, again a minimum count
4 Curlew
1 pair of Pied Wagtails
Skylark singing

Saturday 9th April 2016, mid-morning, sandwiched between the weekly tour of Brushes Valley.

Eastern side of Lees Hill, Middle Bank, and up on to Pack Saddle

3 Wheatear (1m, 2f), all arrived at 10.30. My first of the year.
8 Curlew, in Ogden Clough and along Pack Saddle
1 Lapwing
Pair of Pied Wagtails at Middle Bank
Several singing Skylark
1 Green Woodpecker
2 Mistle Thrush


-- Edited by David Walsh on Saturday 9th of April 2016 09:23:45 PM

Saturday 19th March 2016, 8.30 - 10.00am

Higher Bank, along the county boundary above Ogden Brook, to Arnfield Flats, then back to Brushes.

1 pair of Stonechat, displaying, the male singing, between Higher Bank and the brook.
At least 4 Curlew in the usual fields.
6+ Lapwing, with more just over Ogden Brook, in Derbyshire
3 Skylark singing
c 10 Meadow Pipits

Tuesday 9th February 2016, 9.45pm

Hobson Moor Road

Tawny Owl calling from Landslow Green

Thursday 17th December 2015, 10.30am

Hobson Moor Road, to Moorside Farm

40+ Redwing around the treetops towards Hall Farm
1 Raven over towards Shaw Moor
Several Rook feeding in the fields below
1 male Bullfinch calling from the beeches at Landslow Green was the only finch seen or heard

simon ghilks wrote:


Unless I'm missing something, the Beeches have failed to produce any Mast this year so probably going to be a poor season for Brambling up there.

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I've visited Landslow Green a couple of times recently, Simon, and struggled even to see any Chaffinch

Saturday 24th October 2015, 7.00 - 8.30am

Lees Hill and Middle Bank

None of last weekend's excitement, in better than forecast conditions. Very windy, but the rain held off.
1 Tawny Owl calling from the trees at Middle Bank, just before first light
2 Green Woodpeckers, one at Middle Bank, the second down towards Ogden Brook
1 Kestrel over Lees Hill
1 Meadow Pipit struggling over south west
Couple of Goldfinch

Saturday 3rd October 2015, mid-morning

Lees Hill to Middle Bank, then back to Brushes

1 juvenile Wheatear at Lees Hill
1 juvenile Stonechat
1 Green Woodpecker
20+ Meadow Pipits
Several Goldfinch
1 Kestrel
3 Red-legged Partridge
Several Wrens

Wednesday 9th September
Approx 2.45 - 3.30pm. Delivery again to Dig and Partridge Pub.

Birds of note...
Lots of Black-headed Gull around
2 Common Buzzard
1 Kestrel
Countless Rook and Jackdaw over
Plenty of Woodpigeon
Few Meadow Pipit over
Few Swallow moving through

Saturday 2nd May 2015, 8.00am

Lees Hill

8+ Wheatear
3 Curlew in the fields, more calling
7 Ring Ouzels
Several Skylark singing
Linnet singing
Mistle Thrush
30+ Meadow Pipits
2 Red-legged Partridge

-- Edited by David Walsh on Saturday 2nd of May 2015 07:16:40 PM

Fri 24th April. 18.30-20.00 hrs.

Hobson Moor.

Kestrel (f)
Golden Plover.
Lapwing.
Skylark.
Meadow Pipit.
Blackbird (in middle of moor).
Mallard. (in middle of moor) ?

Roger.

-- Edited by Roger Baker 3 on Friday 24th of April 2015 10:31:02 PM

13 Ring Ouzels on Lees Hill this morning.

Info thanks to David Walsh

Yesterday afternoon:
3 Wheatear
2 Curlew
3 Snipe, 1 displaying
20 Lapwing
2 Red Grouse
50+ Meadow Pipit
Peregrine Falcon
5 Linnet
Raven
5 Swallow
2 Blackcap
4 Chiffchaff
3 Skylark

Ring ouzel x 3 at the quarry
Raven x 6.
Curlew x 2 .
Chaffinch x1.
Chiffchaff x 1.
Nuthatch x 3.
Stock dove x 2 .
Greenfinch x2 .
Lots of meadow pipit. . . I left at 12pm and the ring ouzel's had disappeared .

-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Monday 13th of April 2015 05:36:52 PM

Thurs 9th April. 05.45 - 11.00 hrs.

Lees Hill.

Curlew.
Buzzard.
Pied Wagtail mating.
Meadow Pipit.
Skylark singing.
Red-legged Partridge pair ....... been told these are a shooting syndicate release.

Sparrowhawk ..... (m) near Landslowe Green.

Golden Plover whistling off top of Hobson Moor.

Spent half an hour in the company of the "David Walsh Travelling Canine Circus" ....... educational to say the least ??

Roger.

Late morning visit Hobson Moor Road to Higher Landslow Green Farm

Fairly quiet

12+ Chaffinch along Hobson Moor Road
Skylark
2 Mistle Thrush
8 Brambling seen in hedges opposite Higher Landslow Green Farm

28/12/2014 8am till 11:30

A few sightings from a circular walk along Hobson Moor Rd past Hollingworth Hall Farm up onto Lees Hill and back past trig point on Hobson Moor then down onto Hobson Moor Rd. Stunning views over the snow covered hills.

A few Brambling were flying over and perched in the beech trees near Higher Landslow Green Farm, 4 Jays were foraging on the ground here also. A female Stonechat was a surprise to see flying up from the direction of Lower Swineshaw to land on a wall at the top of the hill.
From Hobson Moor a flock of 42 Golden Plover were seen circling for a good 10 mins on the south side of the hill, they almost landed a couple of times but were put off each time gaining height quickly and then circling over a wide area.
3 Reed Buntings were flitting about the snow covered gorse on the way back down to Hobson Moor Rd also nice to see and hear plenty of Red Grouse up on the top.

Today 12pm - 3pm mainly around the lay-by's on Hobson Moor Road.

Fair size flock of around 40-50 Chaffinch and from what I could see around 10 Brambling in there. They were mobile though and were constantly being spooked by the slightest thing, even Woodpigeons flying over put them all up. They kept flying down to the fields behind the Beech trees before being flushed from there too.

There was another separate flock further down of around just 15-20 birds that were all Brambling. Again, very flighty!

Other birds of note...
1 pair of Bullfinch
3 Jay (including 2 together)
2 Treecreeper together
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker
2 small flocks of Long-tailed Tits
A few Blue Tits, Great Tits, Coal Tits, Blackbird, and Wren knocking around
Rooks, Jackdaws and Woodpigeon feeding in the field behind the Beech trees
Couple of Carrion Crow over

...and at least 15-20 Grey Squirrel.

-- Edited by Rob Creek on Sunday 30th of November 2014 07:44:16 PM

Fri 28th Nov. 12.30 - 14.00 hrs. Damp and misty.

Only real activity was in the hedge on L/hand side of slope down to Higher Landslowe Green farm.

Brambling and Chaffinch ..... guestimate around 30 birds.
Great and Blue Tits plus Goldcrest (1).

Also counted 22 Rook feeding in the fields with all the Jackdaw.
3 Jay.
c17 Blackbird in a Hawthorn hedge with a Mistle Thrush standing guard.

Roger.

Roger,

Any chance of you NOT scattering any more seed so that perhaps the bramblings might nip over to Stockport (and especially my garden)! Nothing personal, you understand. wink
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Sorry about that Andy,

Was only feeling sorry for all those poor starving Wood Pigeon ....... the Brambling never entered my head !
Roger.

If anybody fancies a ride up I have scattered plenty of seed in the lay-bys under the beech trees on Hobson Moor Road.

Roger.

Friday 14th November 2014, 11.00am

Half an hour in the rain at Landslow Green

Brambling - a similar estimate to Karen's on Sunday, c70, including a few very smart males
c30 Chaffinches
Mixed Tits, with a good number of Coal Tits mixed in

Hobson Moor 2 - 4.30

4 Stonechat
6 Brambling
1+ Green Woodpecker
2 Nuthatch
4 Meadow Pipit
6 Pheasant
Red Grouse heard

Hobson Moor 2.30 - 4.00 pm

10 Lapwing
2 Golden Plover
60 Meadow Pipit
Buzzard
Probable Tree Pipit
Chiffchaff singing
1 Lesser black-backed gull feeding with Black-headed gulls
Bullfinch