A first walk around Dean Clough in icy conditions was enjoyable in the cold sunny afternoon but produced few species. An overwintering female Stonechat was nice to see and a first-winter Mute Swan was unexpected as they not frequent here. … Continued
The recorder picked up an excellent movement of Pink-Footed Geese overnight which began around 23:20 with further skeins detected a to, 23:33, 00:39, 00:47, 01:11, 02:19, 02:43, 03:00 and 05:13. Fifty seven call were registered in total and the best … Continued
The recorder was out last night despite the rain and captured a bird at 23:39 that proved to be quite interesting. It was flagged by the BTO Acoustic Pipeline as a Dunlin with 0.92 probability, so fairly high. I had … Continued
Weather Calm, clear overnight. Temp just above freezing. Equipment Tascam DR-05, internal mics, protected in ziplock bag with dead-cat windshield fitted placed flat on a flat surface. Twelve species recorded overnight, including Pink-footed, Canada and Greylag geese. Oystercatchers were very … Continued
Black Darters, Red Darters, Common Hawkers, Emperors, and Common Blue Damselflies made for a delightful session of photography on a long Friday lunchtime on Gannow Fell, Lancashire.
A Migrant Hawker at Dean Clough on 7 September 2023 was my first and only the second recorded at the site, following one in August 2019. Brown and Common Darters and Blue Damselflies were also seen.
Large Skippers and Black-tailed Skimmers were the highlights of today. Six Large Skippers was the most I’ve counted here and one posed nicely for a photograph.
A Large skipper in the garden and a few species of butterflies at Dean Clough along with a Early Bumblebee (Bombus pratorum and a Four-spotted Chaser Dragonfly made for a nice selection of June Insects
First Willow Warbler of the year on April 1st and a drake Common Scoter on Parsonage Reservoir on the 7th and 8th
