10-30 am-- 13-20 pm
C9 4 great crested grebe, 2 mute swan, coot, mallard, tufted duck, 2 reed bunting, 1 reed warbler, 4 willow warbler, 1 whitethroat, 1 chiffchaff, robin, 4 blackbird, 2 blue tit, 2 goldfinch. 6 swallow.pheasant, 2 chaffinch.
C8 2 swift, 5 swallow, skylark, meadow pipit, 1 lesser whitethroat, 1 cuckoo trees at bottom of new road then flew over C4,
C6 1 great crested grebe, 1 mute swan, mallard 1 with at least 8 ducklings, coot, 2 tufted duck,
C5 skylark, meadow pipit
C4 buzzard over, 5 reed bunting, 3 reed warbler, 1 whitethroat.
C10 2 reed bunting, 2 reed warbler, 1 grasshopper warbler heard not seen.

late evning stroll
at least 3 cuckoo in the area watched and heard male and female for approx 20mins in C9 and C8 whilst another male could be heard calling from C10, lesser whitetroat on mounds beside tarmac road C9.reed warbler, reed bunting, grasshopper warbler all C10

good views of cuckoo in C8 this morning, 1 wheatear, 1 swallow, 1 kestrel, 2 whitethroat, skylark, meadow pipit, reed bunting all C8.
C9 whitethroat, reed bunting, reed warbler, willow warbler, mistle thrush, blackbird,robin,blue tit, great tit, greenfinch,2 mute swan, 1 little grebe, 3 great crested grebe,coot, moorhen, tufted duck,mallard.

evening stroll 19-00 - 21-30
C9 Diggle Flash + surrounds
4 great crested grebe, 2 mute swan, mallard, coot, tufted duck, moorhen, black headed gull.4 reed bunting, 2 reed warbler, 2 whitethroat, willow warbler, 9 swallow + 2 house martin over flash joined a flock of approx 40 swallow flying over heading NWesterly,skylark, meadow pipit,2 wheatear
C8 1 grasshopper warbler seen 1 more heard, skylark, meadow pipit, reed bunting, phesant.2 swallow.
C10, 1 grasshopper warbler seen 2 more heard, meadow pipit, reed bunting, reed warbler.

7-8pm
1 Cuckoo - C4
4 Wheatear - C1N
1 Grasshopper Warbler reeling back in its usual area after fire 2 days ago

08-30--11-30
C9 diggle flash + surrounds

6 willow warbler, 2 chiffchaff, 1 whitethroat, 2 reed bunting, 2 sedge warbler, 1 reed warbler, 3 goldfinch, 2 chaffinch,2 dunnock, 1 wren,1 kestrel,2 collared dove, numerous blue tit, robin, great tit,blackbird, 2 mute swan, 4 great crested grebe, 1 cormorant, 3 moorhen, mallard, tufted duck, coot, black headed gulls.2 canada geese
C11 sparrowhawk, blackcap,jay.
walk from diggles flash down to crankwood through wooded area and back along concrete road at least 25 willow warbler seen more heard 4 chiffchaff, plenty of blue and great tit, 1 long tailed tit, numerous blackbird and robin. 3 pheasant heard.3 mute swan over.

nice evening stroll 17-20--20-35

Finally managed to spot the cuckoo, first heard last monday and with the exception of yesterday heard every day since but first actual sighting in trees around stock pond. Also seen in C9 diggle flash and surrounds 1 whitethroat,1 long tailed tit,2 collared dove, nice evening chorus with 3 chiffchaff, 2 chaffinch, at least 5 willow warbler, 3 robin, 1 dunnock, 1 mistle thrush, 4 blackbird and numerous blue and great tit all seen and heard singing or calling. 2 mute swan, 3 great crested grebe, 2 little grebe, 14 coot, 16 tufted duck.1 moorhen, 1 pheasant
C8 kestrel, 2 meadow pipit + 1 C5, 3 skylark C8, 3 C5, 2 C6,1 C7.
C6 fir tree flash + surrounds 9 canada geese, 1 mute swan, 1 great crested grebe, 9 mallard, 2 coot, 3 moorhen.2 chiffchaff, 3 willow warbler. 2 blackbird
C10 2 wheatear ( first of the year for me) motorbikes disturbed 3 teal, 2 grey heron and 5 mallard.
didn't venture on top of rucks too many motorbikes at least 6 + 1 quad
plenty of willow warbler in trees all along concrete road from crankwood back to diggle flash at least 20 seen + more heard, numerous robin, 2 chiffchaff. plenty of carrion crow, magpie and wood pigeon, 1 jackdaw.

15 minute visit after work as it was going dark 20.45
1 Cuckoo calling from C5
1 Grasshopper Warbler reeling from C3
1 Tawny Owl calling from C6

Hi Jason, the map is currently not available at this point until certain aspects are finalised I'm afraid. Once it is however, it will join the others on the website site guides.

18.30-20.00
1 Whinchat (Female) - C6
7 Wheatear -3 C10, 2 C6 & 2 C5 (3M + 4F)
plenty Willow Warbler singing
1 Grey Partridge
2 Kestrel
1 Buzzard
plenty Reed Bunting
plus usuals

1 Cuckoo calling 11.15 - C3

7.15-10.15
bird song ringing out from everywhere at last
3 Willow Warbler - C4
2 Chiffchaff (1 C3 + 1 C12)
15 Fieldfare flew over East - C4
3 Water Rail - calling ( 2 C4 + 1 C10)
1 Redshank - C10
1 Raven - C4
3 poss 4 Buzzard over whole area
1 Kestrel - C10
3 Linnet - C3
Great-spotted woodpecker - drumming - C3

2 Small tortoiseshell Butterfly



-- Edited by Gordon Newman on Saturday 13th of April 2013 12:05:30 PM

9-15--11-30
C9 Diggle Flash + surrounds
6 goldfinch, 4 chaffinch, 5 robin, 6 blackbird, blue tit, great tit, 7 long tailed tit.
14 black headed gull, 1 lesser black backed gull, 1 great crested grebe, 9 coot, 11 tufted duck, 3 cormorant.
skylark 7, 1C9, 2 C5, 4C8. meadow pipit 6, 4 C8, 2C5
C8 kestrel, buzzard.
C6 Fir Tree Flash + surrounds
2 mute swan, 2 great crested grebe, 9 canada geese, 3 tufted duck, 21 mallard, 8 coot.2 grey heron ( possibly same bird seen in different areas of flash.
2 wren, numerous blackbird, blue tit, great tit, goldfinch, 2 robin.
C7 2 jay.
plenty of carrion crow, magpie and wood pigeon in burnt fields.

12-15--15-30

Fir Tree flash C6
1 mute swan, 3 canada geese(15 yesterday) 2 tufted duck, 7 mallard, 5 coot, 1 great crested grebe, 1 cormorant, 1 reed bunting.
skylarks 2 C7, 1 C5, 4 C3,
2 buzzard C3, 1 over C9
2 grey partridge C4 very close to concrete road.
stock dove feeding with wood pigeons C3
C9 Diggle flash + surrounds C9
1 jay over, 1 kestrel, small numbers blue tit, great tit, long tailed tit, robin, blackbird, plenty of wood pigeon, carrion crow + magpie throughout walk. 3 mallard, 19 tufted duck, 1 great crested grebe, 14 coot, 1 cormorant, 1 reed bunting. 20+ black headed gull, 1 common gull.
Fire engine over towards C8 AGAIN grass fires seem to be a daily occurence, either i very determined ars(e)onist or numerous pyromaniacs, the rate we are going there will be no grassland left for the skylark, meadow pipit etc, the kestrel must be eating barbecued mouse.

08-15--9-30
C9 Diggle flash + surrounds

3 little grebe on water another trilling in reed bed, 3 great crested grebe, c30 black headed gull. 7 mallard, 4 moorhen, didn't actually count the coot + tufted duck but only about 10 of each, 2 reed bunting, numerous blue tit, 2 robin, 4 blackbird, 1 great tit, 2 meadow pipit,
C8 buzzard soaring high over field, 4 or 5 skylark singing over field, 2 meadow pipit, 2 great tit,

The resident mute swans seem to be going absent for a day or two then returning, but i believe the male was in the care of the RSPCA for a few days with fishing line stuck in its throat and apparently it also had 3 air gun pellets in its body, it was brought back and chased off another young swan that was on the water, ( i have been told this one had a blue Darvic? ring vv6)

7.45-9.30
4 Lesser Redpoll, 1 Willow Tit, 1 Stock Dove, 2 Chaffinch in full song, - c3
2 Water Rail - 1 c4 +1 c 6 (choke pond)
120+ Redwing flew over NE without stopping
Sylark in song constantly over all areas
plus usuals

C9 Diggle Flash + surrounds

2 great crested grebe, 1m goldeneye ( no sign of either of the females) 1 little grebe on water another heard trilling, 2 mute swan, 2 canada geese, 1 cormorant, 1 grey heron, c20 black headed gull, 1 lesser black backed gull, 14 tufted duck, c20 coot, 12 mallard, 1 reed bunting, 3 robin, 1 dunnock singing heartily, 5 blackbird, 1 mistlethrush.
C8 9 skylark, 7 meadow pipit,

14.45-16.30
very quiet due to amount of bikes tearing the place up
2 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 2 Stock Dove, 1 pair Great-spotted Woodpecker, 1 Linnet, 1 Snipe

08-00--10-00
C9 1f stonechat, good numbers of blue tit in trees, 4 dunnock, great + long tailed tits, 5 blackbird, 4 robin.
Diggle Flash, 2 goldeneye 1m,1f, 3 great crested grebe, 12 tufted duck, 1 cormorant on water 1 over, 1 grey heron over, 3 moorhen, 7 mallard, c30 black headed gull, c20 coot, 2 mute swan.
C8 6 skylark, 1 kestrel.

2 walks 08-10-- 10-30 and a late evening walk 17-15--18-40

C9 1f stonechat just off new road,
C8 9 skylark( 5 singing high over field) 5 meadow pipit, 1 nuthatch in trees close to choked pond ( a site first for me) 2 blue tit, 1 wren, 2 blackbirds, 1 mistle thrush,several great + long tailed tit, water rail heard but not seen.3 grey heron over,1 cormorant over
C9 Diggle flash, stock pond + surrounds,
3 goldeneye 2f, 1m, 3 great crested grebe, 26 tufted duck, 18 coot, 31 black headed gull,2 common + 1 lesser black backed gull, 2 mute swan,9 mallard, 3 moorhen,
6 robin, 4 blackbird, 1 goldfinch ( singing away) small flock of mixed great tit + long tailed tit,
evening walk plenty of magpie gathering to roost at bottom of new road, ditto wood pigeon around stock pond.

16.30-18.00
1 Water Rail - c10
25 Fieldfare - 10 c3 + 15 c10
1 Kestrel
plus usuals
wish local idiots would stop seting fire to the grassland!!

09-50---12-20

C9 Diggle flash, stock pond + surrounding area
3 goldeneye 1m+ 2 f, 4 great crested grebe, 1 cormorant over, 2 mute swan, 11 mallard, 2 moorhen, 2 grey heron 1 stock pond + 1 over,8 tufted duck, 17 coot, 79 black headed gull, 2 common gull, 1 lesser black backed gull. 2 reed bunting 1m +1 f
9 robin seen in all 6 in C9, 2 in C10, 1 in C6. 7 blackbird 4 C9, 2 C10, 1 C6.
C9 2 dunnock, 3 long tailed tit, 1 wren, 5 great tit.
C6 Fir tree flash + surrounding area
6 pochard, 8 canada geese, 1 moorhen, 22 mallard, 11 coot, 9 tufted duck,
1 robin, 1 wren, 2 great tit, 1 blue tit, 1 goldcrest
C2 1 grey partridge.
magpie, wood pigeon + carrion crow all around walk.

9-45--13-00
C9 diggle flash, stock pond + surrounding area
2f goldeneye, 4 great crested grebe, 2 mute swan, 17mallard, 28 coot, 2 grey heron, 2 moorhen, 8 tufted duck,
when i first set out 38 black headed gull on way back this had risen to 182, with 1 herring gull ( stock pond) 2 lesser black backed and at least 4 common gull. brief glimpse of little grebe heading into reeds at least 2 trilling.m Reed Bunting
stonechat just off new road, 2 Kestrel, 3 blue tit, numerous robin, great tit + wren all around walk ( C6, C7, C8, C9, C10) border C7 +C8 flock of 20 long tailed tit met up with 30 goldfinch foraging in opposite direction at least 1 linnet amongst them, buzzard over C8,
magpie, carrion crow + wood pigeon,blackbird
C8 1 skylark, 7 meadow pipit.

12.15-3.15
c3
1 Bittern - flew across Nevisons Flash 2.45 and landed in reeds out of site
2 Tufted Duck
C10
1 Water Rail
15 Redwing
2 Raven

-- Edited by Gordon Newman on Saturday 16th of February 2013 04:00:40 PM