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