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
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.
Went for a walk down to the Ribble at Osbaldestion with Jeanette. The weather was exceptionally mild with temperatures reaching the mid teens in the early afternoon sun. It felt like an early Spring day rather than the middle of … Continued
weather Cloud 8/8, c10°c, wind 4S nocmig Quiet night with only a single Redwing call at 01:00 which was preceded by fireworks (it’s that time of year again!). Livened up a bit at dawn, with a few Redwing calls just … Continued
weather Cloud 8/8 overnight. No rain. c 10°c Wind 2/3 w/sw nocmig Good overnight passage of Redwing with 76 calls recorded between 19:40 and 07:50. There were calls recorded in each hour of the night with the exception of 03:00 … Continued
weather Fog 8/8 visibility max 150m, wind 1w, temp circa 12°c nocmig First decent night of Redwing migration with 95 calls recorded between 22:30 and 07:30. There would no doubt been more if the recorder had been put out earlier. … Continued
weather overnight rain followed by fog clearing to little cloud, Wind 1 SW, 14°c nocmig – Mellor Single curlew called twice at 01:45 vismig – Dean Clough c50 Grounded Meadow Pipits at Dean Clough
weather High cloud 6/8, Wind 2, temp c14°c nocmig At last the first Redwings and Fieldfares have arrived with both being recorded last night and this morning over the house. This follows the first significant arrival on Wednesday on the … Continued
Here’s a prediction. Continental thrushes usually start arriving in the UK in late September. The big arrivals happen in October, but it’s Oct 4 now and there’s very few winter thrushes around, even on the east coast. The main reason … Continued