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
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
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.
First Willow Warbler of the year on April 1st and a drake Common Scoter on Parsonage Reservoir on the 7th and 8th
