Sat 2/5 17:20 - 18:20 C Goose 2 +1 Goosander 7 F LBb Gull 40+ c. 10 -15 landed on res and then 1- 4's arriving and drifting off West Swallow 2 Swift 3 Wheatear 7 Reed Bunting 2 M
Fri 1/5 12:45 - 14;10 - cloudy then heavy rain and strengthening S breeze / wind Wheatear 2 pairs, 2 M & 2 F G C Grebe 2 Goosander 2 M + 9 F Mallard pair B Hd Gull 5 LBbGull c. 30 in 4- 5 parties landed, wash / preen and left to South Curlew 1 + several heard Swallow 6 then c. 20 before down pour S Martin 2 before down pour
Had a long walk in Deeply Vale and finished off along the side of Ashworth Moor Res. 2 Northern Wheatear - first for me this year 1 Linnet 3 Gt Crested Grebes 2 Canada Geese 6 Meadow Pipits 4 Pied Wags 30+ Lapwing 1 Sparrowhawk 1 Kestrel 10 Goosander 3 Carrion crows
Pete
-- Edited by Pete Stevens on Sunday 29th of March 2009 02:20:08 PM
Mon 9/3 12:30 - 13:15 Very strong blustery SW wind G C Grebe 1 } Curlew 2 on bump } braving the elements Lapwing 1 feeding in Bird in'th fields (E of Res) Mallard 3 pairs on Buckhurst Lodge
Sun 1/3 15:30 - 18:30 G C Grebe 1 C Goose 2 Mallard 2 M + 1 F Goosander 11 M + 14 F (as I left in the gloom) Lapwing 71 (on stone pile down from layby opp Owd Betts Kestrel 1 M + 1 imm M Stonechat 1 M (gully opp barn conversion across Edenfield Road) Goldfinch 1 Greenfinch c 3 (firs behind Owd Betts)
Windy this afternoon at 4.30-5.30pm Dave arrived a few minutes after me and missed a Curlew Not much else about 15 Goosander 4 Mallard 1 Gt Crested Grebe 2 Pheasants 1 Kestrel 50+ Lapwing
Sun evening 16:15 - 17:30 Strong Westerly wind subsided towards dusk Goosander 5 male & 7 females getting very frisky Lapwing 70+ (being disturbed by up to 6 Carrion Crows) Dipper on Cheesden brook below reservoir run off Short eared Owl hunting inside walled southern boundary. Caught a large dark prey item (Rate??) Fieldfares 20+ with c. 40 Straings in fields to west on other side of Deepley / Cheesden Valley.