I’ve practiced wildlife friendly gardening for years and am lucky enough to have a garden adjoining open countryside and have seen an excellent range of wildlife from it over the years. I plant native or pollinator friendly plants, don’t mow … Continued
Nov 7 2025 There’s still a pair of Stonechats around the upper res which are likely to overwinter. Here’s the male. There wasn’t much else of note. I’ve not checked for Jack Snipe or Woodcock yet but will later this … Continued
I recorded the calls of Whooper Swans at 06:50 (while still dark) and later saw four flying east followed by two skeins of Pink-footed Geese. Here’s the recording of the Whoopers.
Two Little Egrets were on lower Dean Clough reservoir on 22 October following a single bird on the 13th. These are the first I’ve seen on the ground here although I’ve had them flying over previously and had numerous sightings … Continued
Some highlights from last nights nocturnal migration over my garden: Common Scoter calling so low you can hear its wingbeats European Golden Plover flight call Common Snipe Dunlin flight call Recordings processed with BirdNet-Analyzer
For some unfathomable reason I’d never visited Skipwith Common National Nature Reserve in North Yorkshire. I’ve known about the place for many years and that it’s the best place to see Woodlarks without a long trip south, but inexplicably have … Continued
I’ve been getting some sound recordings on the iPhone recently just to see what the quality is like and to generally enhance the quality and comprehensiveness of my wildlife records. I upload the recordings to eBird, where they end up … Continued
This morning’s walk round Dean Clough was intended to look for the first Wheatears of the year. I didn’t find any, but we flushed the local Barn Owl from the path down to the upper reservoir where it had just … Continued
A Sunday morning trip to Rossall Point to catch up with a few “year-ticks”, in particular Purple Sandpiper before they head off for the summer. High tide was at 12:30 so I headed over at 10:30 to be on site … Continued
A Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena was reported from Clowbridge Reservoir near Burnley yesterday so I took a trip over this afternoon after the football. It was on the far side of the reservoir when I arrived so after watching it … Continued