3pm..over Lafford lane 3 - 4,000 Fieldfare..flight northeast.

-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Saturday 20th of February 2016 04:52:18 PM

10:49 am. Over Lafford lane flight southeast..from small fishing pond. Male 1+female 1 Goosander.

sunday 14th feb. Chiffchaff singing along school lane. In the garden singing Goldcrest,Siskin also 3 willow tit. 25 chaffinch, 17 Blue tit (some display),Great tit 12,Coal tit 5(1 singing).Song thrushes singing 1 garden,1 school lane and 4 knowles farm/golf course..and 1 Mistle thrush singing school lane/lafford lane...ROLL ON SPRING!!!!.

patch 7.50
Pink-Footed Goose c180 N
lakes
Cormorant - surprisingly my first here
Teal - 2
Tufted Duck - 6
Snipe - 1
Barn Owl - 1
Goldcrest, Treecreeper, Chaffinch Song

 

 

 

-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Friday 5th of February 2016 02:39:20 PM

1:50pm..Garden on sunflower feeder L Redpoll male 1.

sat 23rd jan. Garden..willow tit 2. L redpoll male 1. early am Woodcock 2..

7.45 patch
Perergrine - 1 s
Raven -2 n, i briefly landed, I over yesterday as well, which I'd forgotten to mention
Barn Owl 1

 

Brambling 1 male the garden

7.45 Patch
Woodcock 1 flushed (that's Woodcock, Snipe and Jack Snipe hatrick this week)
Bullfinch 12( flocks of 4 + 8)
Barn Owl 1
Siskin 3

 

-- Edited by Phil Barnett on Thursday 14th of January 2016 11:52:29 AM

7.45 patch

Stonechat 1
Common Snipe - 1 flushed
I've been back to the area where I flushed the Jack Snipe on Monday for the last 2 days hoping I might find some more, no luck so far
Barn Owl -1
Kestrel - 1
Treecreeper -1 singing
Teal 2
Siskin 5
Redpoll 4

 

 

 

 

Jan 2nd. NEWBURGH..8 am Barn owl 1. Garden 11:45am WILLOW TIT 4.

fri dec 18th. (4:33-4:37 pm). from golf course over the house towards school/lafford lane..WOODCOCK 10.. regular since the begining of oct.

friday Dec 11th. in the garden Blue tit 30+,Great tit 13,Coal tit 8,willow tit 3 numerous chaffinch and 4 Brambling(managed a few photos). Also stubble field school lane-few siskin,Bullfinch 50+Goldfinch, Chaffinch 100+ and 3 (more)Brambling. also yesterday Barn owl.

patch this morning  -  8 Whooper Swans - north
yesterday 2 Ravens over

Rare fungi, now confirmed by microsopy
Arrehenia onisca (not spagnicola) - new for Lancs
clavicorona taxophila - new for Lancs and Red Data List species

 

-- Edited by Phil Barnett on Saturday 21st of November 2015 09:21:12 AM

Patch - Chiffchaff - gave a few bursts of quiet song
47 Pink Footed Geese Over
6 Bullfinch in small flock

Found a second very rare fungus - Clavicorona taxophila, also new for Lancs
am sending a specimen of this and the Arrhenia for microscopy and confirmation

 

 

 

Oct 18th...pinkfooted geese 78+210+3,200+22+40+300 all east/south east and 80+11+20 south west from north east. Also siskin 7 west,meadow pipit 11 south, chaffinch 18 south,pied wagtail 5 south,wood pigeon 1,000+ south and 200+ on fields, field fare 60 south 22 northeast,redwing 38 west,53 east and 329 south. And one whooper swan east/southeast(only the 6th time i have seen them over the village. The pinkfeet breaking early this year didnt see this movement at this time last year,but still not as many as 15 years ago when we had 20,000+ birds moving east.

Friday oct 16th. Lafford/school lane.
6:45-9:10am. Fieldfare 12 (SE)/3(W)/11(N) and 5 on farmland. Jackdaw 116 on stubble fields,Jay 11 to and from school lane to the golf course,Chaffinch 14(S),Greenfinch 10(S),Wood pigeon 300+ on farmland and 70 (S), Mistle thrush 5 (N)/ 3 in gardens,meadow pipit 4 (S), Pied wagtail 3,Skylark 1, and Swallow 1 (S),Blackheaded gull 12 (E),Brambling (E),Redpoll 1 (S). And Redwing 18(W)/154 (S)/ and 354 (E). Also in the garden Coal tit 11 and fields/gardens Blackbirds 16. Siskin m-1/f-1 edge of the golf course.

-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Friday 16th of October 2015 03:07:37 PM

Beacon viz mig 7.30- 9.30, wind light north east,

Redwing 830 mostly E and SE
much lighter than yesterday, smaller flocks, moving E rather than S, also yesterday morning lots of nocturnal passage was evident, not this morning
yesterday movement was still going strong when I stopped watching a 9.35 (I think I would have recorded 4,000 - 5,000 yesterday if I'd started earlier and finished later), this morning pretty much stopped  by  9.30

Fieldfare 33 E
Brambling 1+ 1+ 1 +2 S
Pink-footed  Goose 110 E, 4S
Blackbird 1 E
Song thrush 1 E
Mistle Thrush 1S
Bullfinch 4 S
Siskin 4
Chaffinch 4
Redpoll 1
Crossbill 1
Goldfinch 5
Linnet 2
Meadow Pipit 2
Pied Wagtail 1
Reed Bunting 1
Yellowhammer 1
Skylark 2
Wood Pigeon 270 S

Also 1 Chiffchaff present + 1 in garden

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-- Edited by Phil Barnett on Thursday 15th of October 2015 12:48:12 PM

-- Edited by Phil Barnett on Thursday 15th of October 2015 12:48:54 PM

excellent  1 1/2 viz mig from the Beacon
8.05 - 9.35

Redwing 2,580 south, mostly  in flocks 0f 70 - 500

Fieldfare 450 s
Bullfinch s4 + 2 high flyers dropped in from North
Crossbill 2+1+1 E
Mistle thrush 3 s
Carrion crow 3 high s
Sparrowhawk 1 high s
Pink-footed Goose 70e, 8w
Lapwing 5 + 2 S
Skylark 7 s
Meadow Pipit 45s

+  finches wagtails etc

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Wednesday 14th of October 2015 10:10:21 AM

7.30
Ring Ouzel - 2 males, old gold course, very flighty - looked to have been  a mini - fall of thrushes

5 Fieldfare, 9 Redwing, and number of flightly Blackbirds and Song thrushes

also Crossbill - 2
Brambling 1 s
Reed Bunting 1 + 1 s

Pink-footed Goose 1 s
Greylag Goose 3 s

 

-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Monday 12th of October 2015 09:57:14 AM

Thurs 1st. Nice late bird in the garden 1 Garden Warbler.

7.00am 2 hours vig mig from the Beacon - light easterly, clear sky

Redwing 1 N
Crossbill 2+ 2 + 1 s
Meadow Pipit 193

Swallow 2
House Martin 2
Kestrel 1 high south
Wood Pigeon 51
Siskin 13
Redpoll 3
Chaffinch 7
Greenfinch 2
Goldfinch 4
Linnet 0!
Skylark 1
Pied Wagtail 8
Mistle Thrush 1

Sept 30th. Lafford lane ( 6 am) mainly on ploughed field pied wagtail 37 and 17 blackbird. Yesterday same area 15 Jays, 2 Grey wags; 13 pied wags and 6 meadow pipits. In the trees along the school lane 10 long tailed tit; 23 goldcrest ; 6 coal tit; 1 willow warbler(singing) and 6 skylark (south).

Sept 28th. Pm. Early afternoon House martin 49 (south); and flushed from stubble field opposite field being ploughed meadow pipit 213 with 17 pied wagtails,Grey wagtail 1. More distant along walthew green another 81 meadow pipits (total for today 448). From the corner of lafford lane/walthew green. C buzzard 4,sp hawk 2 and yellowhammer.

Sept 28th. 7am-9am. Lafford lane/school lane. Swallow 8 (south);mistle thrush 6 (south); skylark 6 (south) ; pied wagtail (south); grey wagtail 2 (south); c crossbill 2 (west) and meadow pipit 149 (south). Small flocks of goldfinch 60+; greenfinch 23; linnet 5 ;also jay 7 and bullfinch 2.