Friday 25th. Roman Lakes. Marple. (16.40 hrs) Sat 26th. Hollingworth (08.48 hrs) Sat 26th. Hawk Green. Marple (15.15 hrs) Sun. 27th. Greenfield.
This covers nearly 48 hours.
With Hollingworth and Greenfield only being separated by the moors and the close proximity of the Marple sightings surely this suggests the possibility that there were two birds ??
Roger.
-- Edited by Roger Baker 3 on Monday 4th of June 2012 05:19:16 PM
Why not just the one bird Roger? There was also a sighting of one over Greenfield on Sat 26th at Lunch time. As well as the Watergrove/ Hollingworth Lake sighting on 27th, all sightings could relate to the same bird
Friday 25th. Roman Lakes. Marple. (16.40 hrs) Sat 26th. Hollingworth (08.48 hrs) Sat 26th. Hawk Green. Marple (15.15 hrs) Sun. 27th. Greenfield.
This covers nearly 48 hours.
With Hollingworth and Greenfield only being separated by the moors and the close proximity of the Marple sightings surely this suggests the possibility that there were two birds ??
Roger.
-- Edited by Roger Baker 3 on Monday 4th of June 2012 05:19:16 PM
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Just spoken to my brother who has just come back from a week on holiday in Yorkshire. As he was setting off last Saturday (26th May), he and his wife saw a red kite in Hawk Green at about 3.15 p.m. That means this bird, presumably the same one, could have been in the county for over six hours without being seen in between (so far as is known). Makes you wonder what is hiding out there at times.
I also have a reliable report of a Red Kite over Roman Lakes at 16.40 on 25th May (less than a mile from Hawk Green). That would mean this bird was probably in the area for nearly 24 hours.
(This probably should go in the Roman Lakes thread but I've put it here for ease of tracking this bird)
Just spoken to my brother who has just come back from a week on holiday in Yorkshire. As he was setting off last Saturday (26th May), he and his wife saw a red kite in Hawk Green at about 3.15 p.m. That means this bird, presumably the same one, could have been in the county for over six hours without being seen in between (so far as is known). Makes you wonder what is hiding out there at times.
3 Ring Ouzels and 2 Wheatear in the large ploughed field between Thorncliffe and Higher Landslow Green Farms this afternoon. Best viewed from the public footpath by Higher Landslow Green Farm off Hobson Moor Road, or from Cow Lane.
HOBBY seen twice this afternoon, once in flight, when it was attached by a curlew, from the path to the SE of Lees Hill and again on the moor north of Upper Swineshaw reservoir.
There was also a pair of Stonechat and Little Owl below Lees Hill plus a family of 7 kestrels.
On upper swineshaw reservoir there was a pair of oystercatcher with at least one chick, at least one pair, but maybe two, of Little Ringed plover and single sanderling. 25 canada geese were also present. The LRPs looked like they had two young.
HOBBY still present tonight seen from the public footpath behind Hobson Moor Quarry, hurtling downhill along the line of the pylons towards hollingworth.
The Red Kite is still around (presuming there is only the one bird), only it was last seen comfortably in Derbyshire cruising over my own patch just outside Glossop on Monday night. Unfortunately I was in Glasgow at the time!
Excellent morning vist today, however thick mist/fog prevented any birding,
I did met a fair number of the locals and found that we could converse very well,the language barrier not been to much of an issue.
The promise of bacon butties got them talking about a lot of local issues, and a few were suffering from the consumption of large amounts of local brew, so any hangover cures would be a bargaining tool.
All in all a pleasent bunch of chaps, fog lifted about 8.20 to show some fantastic views of all the boundaries and kindly pointed out for me so I know which county I will be seeing the bird in.
For the record the County boundary is Ogden Brook,the stream at the bottom of the valley between Lees Hill, Lower and Middle Bank and the Arnfield Reservoir enclosures/Arnfield Moor area.
Although the Kite has certainly been seen from the Derbyshire side to my knowledge it's not yet been seen in Derbyshire.
for sure tom is of course correct, those big eared country boys do indeed not take kindly to us 'non-locals' venturing into their sacred hills so should you bump into tom (be aware he may have morphed into a more human shape) in no way take him on at dueling banjos, simply back away whilst offering him shiny pennies thrown to the floor then leg it, otherwise hope you can 'squeal like a pig'!
He is quite right though that the county border is VERY close and you need to ensure any birds you see are not in derbyshire airspace,
Well done Warfy. But you should know that around here us c'ntry folk don't care much for you city types with your fancy ways and your parents who aren't siblings. It's local birding for local birders.
And another thing, I hope you've all double checked your county boundaries?
Well done you lot! I was up there most of the afternoon but obviously in the wrong place! Went through swallow wood and beyond and came back down Cow Lane. Nice spot up there to walk round. It's already on my county list so no problem! Would still have been nice to see though! Cheers Steve
no sign of red kite up to 745pm, did see hobby and little owl. nice to see pete berry and ingrid up there and the warfys and simon. will be back over the next couple of days.
2.30pm-6.30pm (Me, Warfy senior and Simon Johnson).
are we chuffed?? you bet we are Simon (kite-man) Johnson picked up the RED KITE at 4.03pm flying north over ridge just west of Lee's Hill viewed from middle bank, showed long enough for Paul Carroll to see it too. It then flew over the ridge into the valley where Swineshaw reservoirs are.
While later sat on Lee's Hill a HOBBY was seen hunting from fenceposts 5.30-6pm at least. nearly forgot me and Simon Johnson saw a Mountain Hare yesterday.
A text to Mr Rigby, who then rang me, while he was watching a Bee-Eater in Norfolk had him nearly in tears. Think i just spoilt his weekend, well he will leave the county
RED KITE again between Middle Bank and Lees Hill mid afternoon......per phonecall from an ecstatic Warfy who's currently cartwheeling round Lees Hill as I type this update!
No sign of Red Kite in 3 hours this evening with Simon Johnson, will be back tomorrow for more of the nice scenery. Another GM site tick if nothing else.
RED KITE this evening between Middle and Lower Bank appeared to go to roost at 9.20pm in Woodland by Woolley Mill Lane by Meadowbank farm at the southern end of Cow Lane.
No sign of the Marsh Harrier at Higher Swineshaw Resevoir this evening.
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