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
A first walk of the new year 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 … 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.