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 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
weather 4/8 cloud, Wind South 3, temp c 12°c. Conditions much improved on recent days after further overnight rain nocmig Quiet again. Heavy rain overnight vismig At last, something to report. The improved weather this morning definitely unblocked some passage … Continued
Underwhelming migration Nocturnal migration continues to be practically non-existent after another blank night, with the exception of the resident Tawny Owl. There have been very few reports of Redwings for example from anywhere and it seems that migration is being … Continued
Weather Cool and showery for last two days following two weather fronts. vismig Chiffchaff calling on Primrose Hill (29th) Meadow Pipt, 6 (29th) Swallow, 5 (30th) nocmig Nothing of note – even the Tawny Owl has quietened down in the … Continued
Weather 7/8 cloud, much cooler temperatures after rain and cold front passed through earlier. Wind w/nw 4 moderate breeze vismig Meadow Pipit, 41 in four flocks Swallow 5
Weather Low cloud / fog 9/8. Visibilty 100m. intermittent drizzle. circa 15°c. Calm. Wind 0/1. vismig Meadow Pipit, 77 between 08:40 and 09:10 in small groups. Some ground in the fog. Chiffchaff, 3 in garden nocmig Pink-footed Geese, three skeins … Continued
Odonata are now in evidence at Dean Clough. 03 JuneCommon Blue damselfly -Enallagma cyathigerum 10+Four-spotted Chaser – Libellula quadrimaculatta 2 min. This is a new site record according to the Lancashire dragonfly atlas -surely a case of under-recording rather … Continued
We spent the last week of May on a family / wildlife / activity holiday in a quiet glen just south of Oban, Argyll. We enjoyed some very good weather during the middle of the week with two cloud free … Continued