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Sunday 27th November 2016, 4.40pm

2 Woodcock flew up from the direction of Harridge Woods, over the moor by the scout hut. They appeared to be interacting with each other, flying around and squeaking, before flying off and over Lower Swineshaw Reservoir . I am not an expert on this species, so I have no idea what that signifies?

Earlier today there was a flock of around 50 Redwing moving south through Walkerwood, and another dozen or so in the hawthorns.
The only other notable sighting was a solitary Reed Bunting high up in the heather on Irontongue Hill.

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Saturday 26th November 2016, 8.30 - 11.00am

Walkerwood, to Higher Swineshaw and Lees Hill

3 Stonechat. One pair were on the fencing, in the sunshine, on the Higher Bank side of Lees Hill, an unusual sighting for this area. The other was a now solitary female in the more usual area of Higher Swineshaw. The male seems to have disappeared of late. Overwintering birds of this species seem to do so as a pair. It will be interesting to see whether this female hangs on up here if the male has gone.
c 30 Reed Bunting. Ones and twos around Higher Swineshaw and Lees Hill, with a flock of c 20 in the trees around the scout hut.
1 Buzzard at Higher Swineshaw

Walkerwood area

12 Redwing
6 Blackbirds
1 Mistle Thrush
6 Long-tailed Tits
1 Willow Tit
2 Jackdaws

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Thursday 24th November 2016, 9.00 - 11.00am

Walkerwood to Higher Swineshaw. Very windy at the top, keeping everything down.

1 Willow Tit at Walkerwood
1 Nuthatch at Brushes Cottages
c 20 Long-tailed Tits
39 Canada Geese on Walkerwood Reservoir
c 30 Redwing around the scout hut
35 Black-headed Gulls and c 50 Starlings in the fields at Flaxfield

4.50pm

1 Woodcock flew up from the woods, over the scout hut, and Lower Swineshaw Reservoir, landing in the fields above the reservoir.



-- Edited by David Walsh on Thursday 24th of November 2016 10:03:20 PM

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Weds 23rd Nov.

4 Whooper Swans flew in and circled Walkerwood reservoir several times at 16.00 hrs ... I thought they were going to land at the top end but they rose at the last minute and carried on up the valley.

Roger.

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Saturday 19th November 2016, 8.30 - 11.00am

Walkerwood Dam to Higher Swineshaw, with the areas above Lower Swineshaw covered 'neath a blanket of snow.

Higher Swineshaw

1 Common Snipe in the overflow
16 Reed Bunting. Very visible today, due to the snow cover, perched on fences, and the few trees remaining on the moor
2 Stonechat
15 Red Grouse
2 Goldfinch

Walkerwood area

6+ Jays
2 Redwing
1 Song Thrush
10+ Blackbirds
1 Willow Tit
Bullfinch and Chaffinch on the feeder

A quick look at the fields at Flaxfield

14 Redwing
1 Mistle Thrush
1 Song Thrush
Several Blackbirds

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Friday 18th November 2016, 7.00am

Walkerwood Reservoir, in heavy snow.

2 Woodcock flying back from the direction of Cote Farm, into the trees
Tawny Owl calling from the area of the gamekeeper's cottage
A lot of Redwing calling overhead, with a couple on the dam when it eventually became light

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Tuesday 15th November 2016, 7.00am

Brushes Valley

Woodcock fluttering through the gloom, calling on its way back to roost
10 Fieldfare up from the grass
Redwing calling

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Friday 11th November 2016, 6.30am

Walkerwood area

25 Fieldfare over south at first light
3 Moorhen on the dam wall
1 Willow Tit
Several Bullfinch
Plenty of noisy Jays

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Thursday 10th November 2016, 9.00 - 11.00am

Higher Swineshaw and Lees Hill

Dipper singing in the overflow of Higher Swineshaw Reservoir
Male and female Stonechat, feeding in separate areas today
12+ Reed Bunting
6 Dunnock in the bracken with the Reed Bunting
6+ Wrens, including a couple singing
2 Meadow Pipits
2 Ravens

Walkerwood Dam

38 Canada Geese
16 Mallard
1 drake Mandarin
1 Moorhen
1 Cormorant
1 Willow Tit on the feeder
10+ Jays

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Drake Mandarin on Walkerwood Reservoir today, plus 25 Mallard and a Moorhen

A vocal Red Grouse was visible from the dam, among boulders up the valley side to the right of reservoir



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Sunday 6th November 2016, 4.00pm

Walkerwood Reservoir

26 Mallard
1 Mandarin drake

c 120 Fieldfare north over Lower Swineshaw Reservoir, onto the moor

1 Dipper in Swineshaw Brook at the northern end of Higher Swineshaw Reservoir this morning

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Saturday 5th November 2016, 8.00 - 10.30am

Walkerwood to Higher Swineshaw and Lees Hill

All Higher Swineshaw sightings from the eastern side of the reservoir and Lees Hill, due to the areas to the north and west crawling with men with guns and dogs, attempting to flush foxes.

Pair of Stonechat
2 Raven
6 Reed Bunting
3 Dunnock, with the Reed Bunting
2 Meadow Pipits
2 Grey Wagtails
1 Pied Wagtail

Walkerwood area

1 Mandarin drake on the reservoir
46 Canada Geese
6 Mallard
3 Moorhen in the overflow
1 Willow Tit, plus the usuals around the feeder

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Thursday 3rd November 2016, 8.30 - 11.00am

Walkerwood to Higher Swineshaw, with an hour wandering around the top of the moor, at Turf Pits.

4 Common Snipe in Higher Swineshaw overflow
25+ Meadow Pipits around the top of the moor, flying in small groups
6+ Reed Bunting
3 Ravens over SE
1 Skylark over south
7 Linnet over west
6 Wrens
3 Dunnock together in the heather, with one attempting a song
18 Black-headed Gulls on Higher Swineshaw Reservoir

Walkerwood area

Groups of 25 and 30 Redwing over, plus c 10 feeding near Walkerwood Dam
1 Fieldfare with the Redwing
4 Mistle Thrush
2 Song Thrush
12+ Blackbirds
80 Woodpigeon over the country park south
1 Willow Tit on the feeder
Bullfinch, Greenfinch, Chaffinch, and Goldfinch

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Tuesday 1st November 2016, 4.30 - 5.30pm

Woodcock definitely back on their winter feeding grounds. An hour at dusk produced good views of one flying over the moor, in the same area as Saturday.

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Tuesday 1st November 2016, 9.00 - 10.00am, very windy at the top of the valley.

1 Dipper flew across Higher Swineshaw Reservoir. My first sighting for almost a month.
Couple of Reed Bunting calling
Buzzard over Pack Saddle
1 Willow Tit at Walkerwood
1 Cormorant on Walkerwood Reservoir

3 Shelduck were reported to be on Higher Swineshaw Reservoir for much of yesterday, by one of the UU reservoir managers.

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Sunday 30th October 2016, 3.30 - 4.30pm

Walkerwood area

1 Kingfisher flying around the northern edge of the reservoir. An unusual sighting for the area.
26 Mallard
2 Moorhen
1 Willow Tit
6+ Jays
35 Redwing
Several Mistle Thrush
Song Thrush
10+ Blackbirds
Bullfinch
Chaffinch

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Saturday 29th October 2016, 6.15pm

Woodcock flying at dusk around Lower Swineshaw scout hut. My first of the Autumn.

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Thursday 27th October 2016, early afternoon

Higher Swineshaw, quiet in intermittent drizzle

1 pair of Stonechat
3 Ravens - 2 flying together, another cronking from the moor

1 Willow Tit and several Bullfinch around the Walkerwood feeder

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Saturday 22nd October 2016, 7.30 - 11.00am

Walkerwood to Higher Swineshaw and around Lees Hill

Walkerwood area at first light

36 Canada Geese
12 Mallard
3 Moorhen
1 Willow Tit, plus usuals around the feeder, at 11.00am
Lesser Redpoll calling

Higher Swineshaw and Lees Hill

At least one Peregrine around Lees Hill. I saw one on the way to a fruitless trudge around to Hollingworth, and again in the same area an hour and a half later, on the way back to Brushes. The second bird looked more ragged, with at least one central tail feather missing, but perhaps I didn't look carefully enough the first time?
1 pair of Stonechat
10+ Reed Bunting
1 Pied Wagtail
1 Grey Wagtail
2 Ravens
1 Buzzard
At least one Skylark over south
Lesser Redpoll over
Meadow Pipit numbers dwindling - no more than 20 today in the entire area, including Middle and Higher Bank.

c 130 Pink-footed Geese over east at 10.10am


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Thursday 20th October 2016, 12.00 - 1.00pm

Walkerwood Dam

c 40 Fieldfare over west
1 Willow Tit
Coal Tits
Bullfinch
Chaffinch

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Thursday 20th October 2016, 7.30 - 9.30am

Walkerwood to Higher Swineshaw

A bit of action, for a change, around Lower Swineshaw scout hut

c 150 Fieldfare were my first of the Autumn, and made quite a sight, exploding from the larches upon the arrival of a Sparrowhawk, which was promptly mobbed by 3 Carrion Crows. The thrushes resettled, giving good views in the sunshine
2 Kestrels hunting together over Pack Saddle
18 Black-headed Gulls on Higher Swineshaw Reservoir
c 25 Lesser Redpoll moving noisily around the trees at the edge of the country park adjacent to Walkerwood Dam, feeding on alders. Had a good look through, but no sign of any Siskin, just a couple of Goldfinch.

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Sunday 16th October 2016, 9.00 - 11.00am

Walkerwood Dam

30 Canada Geese
5 Mallard
2 Moorhen
c 20 Redwing feeding around the hawthorns
2 Mistle Thrush
5 Goldfinch
Bullfinch
Chaffinch
Greenfinch
Male Great Spotted Woodpecker
Several Jays

Saturday, around Lees Hill and Higher Swineshaw

Pair of Stonechat
2 Ravens, mobbing a Buzzard and a Kestrel
10+ Reed Bunting
1 Chiffchaff


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Thursday 13th October 2016, 9.30 - 11.00am

Higher Swineshaw

1 Common Snipe flushed from the overflow, flew high up onto the moor
1 Cormorant on the reservoir
10+ Reed Bunting
6+ Dunnock calling from the bracken
Several Red Grouse
6 Linnet over north
c 25 Redwing flew west over the scout hut

Walkerwood Dam

1 Willow Tit
1 Coal Tit
Bullfinch
Chaffinch
2 Grey Wagtails
1 Pied Wagtail
Several noisy Jays

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Monday 10th October 2016

A couple of wanders around Walkerwood today.

1 Willow Tit
2 Coal Tits
10+ Blackbirds
1 Song Thrush
2 House Martins quickly over southwest at 3.00pm
1 Moorhen
Several Jays
6 Goldfinch
Several Chaffinch


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Saturday 8th October 2016, 8.00 - 11.00am

Higher Swineshaw and around Lees Hill

1 pair of Stonechat feeding around Higher Swineshaw dam. The juveniles have dispersed, and this appears to be the only remaining pair.
10+ Reed Bunting
5 Linnet, 2 on Higher Swineshaw dam, the others over Lees Hill
c 10 Swallows through quickly, south
1 Wheatear at Lees Hill
2 Kestrel
10+ Red Grouse
Plenty of Meadow Pipits

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Thursday 6th October 2016, 8.30 - 11.00am

Brushes Valley and around Lees Hill, windy and cold.

Very quiet again, except for Meadow Pipits springing up from every tussock. The other point of interest was signs of the seasonal flocking together of Reed Bunting.

16+ Reed Bunting; a group of c 10 feeding in the shelter of the bracken by Lees Hill, the rest around Higher Swineshaw Reservoir
40+ Meadow Pipits
1 Wheatear
2 Chiffchaff at Lees Hill
Linnet over
1 Grey Wagtail in Higher Swineshaw overflow
1 Dipper in the same overflow
2 Buzzard

Walkerwood Dam

1 Willow Tit
Several Coal Tits
Flock of Long-tailed Tits
2 Moorhen in the overflow

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Saturday 1st October 2016, 7.00 - 10.00 am

Brushes Valley, past Higher Swineshaw towards Carrbrook, as far as Turf Pits. And back.

50+ Meadow Pipits around the moor at the top
6+ Reed Bunting calling around Higher Swineshaw
3 Skylark over south
9 Linnet over south
12+ Red Grouse
1 Raven over
c 10 Goldfinch around the scout hut
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker at Brushes Cottages

Walkerwood Dam

1 Willow Tit
3 Lesser Redpoll
c 10 Goldfinch
2 Mistle Thrush
Several noisy Jays
1 Cormorant on the reservoir
1 Grey Wagtail

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Thursday 29th September 2016, 9.30 - 11.00am

Higher Swineshaw, quiet again.

1 Dipper
1 Buzzard over Irontongue Hill
10+ Reed Bunting
1 Stonechat
2 Linnet
14 Swallows over south

Walkerwood

1 Willow Tit
2 Mistle Thrush
2 Moorhen
1 Cormorant
Bullfinch, Chaffinch, and mixed Tits around the feeder
1 Sparrowhawk took a Woodpigeon over Cock Wood
1 Buzzard over Harridge


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Sunday 25th September 2016

Highlights, such as they are, of a desperately quiet couple of days in the valley.

Higher Swineshaw

12+ Reed Bunting chasing around the bracken
1 Dipper
1 Pied Wagtail
1 Buzzard
1 Kestrel
20+ Meadow Pipits yesterday, 2 only calling today
6+ Red Grouse
4 Carrion Crows on the moor
2 Mistle Thrush at the scout hut

Walkerwood Dam

1 Willow Tit
Increasing numbers of Chaffinch and Bullfinch around the feeder
2 Moorhen in the overflow
Party of Long-tailed Tits calling
Group of c 20 House Martins and Swallows feeding yesterday afternoon over the reservoir

On Friday evening, 2 young Tawny Owls calling from the woods around Lower Swineshaw, and another perched on a wire near the gamekeeper's cottage after dark

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Wednesday 21st September 2016

Late post from this morning

1 juvenile Great Crested Grebe on Higher Swineshaw Reservoir
1 Dipper in the overflow at Higher Swineshaw
1 Cormorant on Walkerwood Reservoir

-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Wednesday 21st of September 2016 09:32:02 PM

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Monday 19th September 2016, 6.30 - 7.15am

Walkerwood Reservoir, in mist and drizzle.

1 Grey Heron
2 Cormorant
19 Canada Geese
4 Moorhen, 2 adults and 2 fully grown juveniles
8 Mallard

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Saturday 17th September 2016, 7.15- 10.30am

Higher Swineshaw

8 Stonechat, a mix of adults and juveniles
20+ mainly juvenile Reed Bunting, in groups around the bracken
1 Raven over from Lees Hill towards Carrbrook
1 Grey Wagtail
12 Linnet
40+ Meadow Pipits

1 Willow Tit at Walkerwood
Several Bullfinch moulting into adult plumage, around the feeder
2 Chiffchaff at Brushes Rangers football pitch

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Steve Suttill wrote:

Curlew very unusual at this time of year...



They were a great surprise, Steve. The breeding birds left at the end of June. After the Scoter fest the other week, I thought I'd have an early morning shuffle up the valley to see what the previous evening's storms had blown in, and two Curlew were a nice surprise. With their two note call ringing around the valley, and the balmy conditions, I closed my eyes and dreamt it was April again smile

A few sightings from earlier today:

Higher Swineshaw Reservoir

1 Sparrowhawk being harassed by 4 Carrion Crows over the moor
16 Linnet, mainly juveniles, bathing
3 Reed Bunting
1 Chiffchaff

Another 2 female/juvenile Sparrowhawk low down near Walkerwood
c 40 House Martins feeding around Walkerwood
c 20 Swallows with the House Martins
1 Willow Tit at Walkerwood
2 Chiffchaff in the Country Park


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David Walsh wrote:

Wednesday 14th September 2016, Higher Swineshaw Reservoir

2 Curlew calling constantly, 1 Red Grouse on the dam banking



We were up at Higher Swineshaw late afternoon on Monday. Perhaps we saw the same Red Grouse as it was the tamest one I've ever encountered. It allowed approach within four yards and then was in no hurry to fly off. When it did fly it seemed perfectly fit and healthy. It kept returning to the area below the dam wall, strolling around by the sign saying shooting was taking place!

Curlew very unusual at this time of year...

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Wednesday 14th September 2016, 6.00 - 7.00am

Higher Swineshaw Reservoir

2 Curlew calling constantly, circled the area for twenty minutes after first light, then flew off east
1 Dipper singing
3 Linnet
15+ Meadow Pipits
1 Red Grouse on the dam banking



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Tuesday 13th September 2016, 6.30 - 7.15am

Walkerwood Dam

Steady movement of c 50 Swallows over the reservoir, moving roughly east
3 Cormorants over west
16 Canada Geese on the reservoir
2 Grey Wagtails
1 Willow Tit
Bullfinch and Goldfinch calling

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Sunday 11th September 2016, 10.00 - 11.00am

Around Higher Swineshaw

7 Stonechat, including a third brood biggrin
Willow Warbler singing weakly between Higher and Lower Swineshaw

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Saturday 10th September 2016, 7.30 - 11.00am

Higher Swineshaw

c 30 Linnet feeding around the dam
5 Stonechat
6+ Reed Bunting
15+ Meadow Pipits
2 Goldfinch

1 Willow Tit straight onto the Walkerwood feeder after refilling at 7.30.

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'Dipper singing in the overflow'

Not heard that one, How does it go? ;)



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Thursday 8th September 2016, 8.00 - 10.30am

Higher Swineshaw Reservoir

Adult plumaged Dipper singing in the overflow
3 Stonechat
2 Ravens
1 Kestrel
1 Linnet
20+ Meadow Pipits

Walkerwood Dam

1 Willow Tit
6+ Great Tits
6+ Blue Tits
3 Long-tailed Tits
1 Jay
6+ Bullfinch, including some very young looking juveniles
2 Chaffinch
1 Chiffchaff singing

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Tuesday 6th September 2016, 2.00pm

Walkerwood Dam

1 Willow Tit
3 Blackcap
3 Grey Wagtails
1 immature Moorhen
Juvenile Bullfinch


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Tuesday 6th September 2016, 8.00 - 10.00am

Walkerwood Dam

2 Blackcap, 1 male, 1 fem / immature
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker
Bullfinch calling
1 Chiffchaff
2 Sparrowhawks together over Harridge. From the size and behaviour, looked like a female and immature female.

Higher Swineshaw

1 Dipper flying around the reservoir edge
2 Stonechat
c 10 Reed Bunting, signs of flocking together
3 Willow Warblers
12+ Red Grouse

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Sunday 4th September 2016, 3.30pm

This morning I reinstated the feeder on Walkerwood Dam, after a few months off. As I walked on to the dam earlier, I could hear the familiar call of:

1 Willow Tit, which was feeding on the sunflower seeds. The first sighting since the end of April.
Also 1 Coal Tit in attendance
26 Canada Geese on the reservoir

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Saturday 3rd September 2016, 9.00 - 11.30am

An unbelievably quiet morning, which included a fruitless scout around Lees Hill, Middle, and Higher Bank.

1 Kestrel at Lees Hill
4 Stonechat at Higher Swineshaw
1 Willow Warbler following the chats
5 Grey Wagtails feeding together in Walkerwood overflow
4 Linnet on Walkerwood Dam

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Tuesday 30th August 2016

A couple of juvenile Tawny Owls calling after dark; one in the trees by Brushes Cottages, the other at the edge of the country park towards the housing on Brushes Road.

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Sunday 28th August 2016

Higher Swineshaw Reservoir

All 6 Common Scoter flew off at 3.30pm.

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Sunday 28th August 2016, 10.30 - 11.30am

Higher Swineshaw Reservoir

6 drake Common Scoter on the reservoir were a very unusual sighting for the valley
2 Grey Wagtails
1 immature Dipper in the overflow

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Thursday 25th August 2016, 10.30am

Higher Swineshaw

3 Stonechat
1 Wheatear
1 Kestrel
1 Grey Wagtail

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Tuesday 23rd August 2016, 7.30 - 8.30pm

Wild Bank Hill

5 Wheatear, a figure that pales into insignificance when compared to the earlier post from the Horwich Moors cry
1 Little Owl

Flaxfield

c 50 Swallows feeding around Flaxfield Farm, including food being taken into nest sites
2 House Martins
c 20, mainly immature Goldfinch
4 Willow Warblers

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Sunday 21st August 2016, 10.30 - 11.30 am

Higher Swineshaw Reservoir

4 Stonechat, with juveniles now showing a wide range of plumages. I watch Stonechat fairly often, but saw something yesterday morning that was new to me. A female was feeding two juveniles in mid-air, catching insects, then hovering until the youngsters flew up to take the food. Great to watch, and the easiest FL code you'll see.
1 juvenile Willow Warbler, chasing around after both Stonechat and Meadow Pipits
20+ Meadow Pipits
3 Goldfinch
2 Linnet
1 Cormorant
1 Raven
1 Buzzard
c 50 Swallows moving through south
1 Pied Wagtail

Several House Martins feeding over Walkerwood

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