Thursday 24th September, Mellor
Weather SW 3 – 4 moderate breeze, 8/8 low cloud cover occaisonal rain nocmig After a run of uneventuful nights a good selection of recordings. Very vocal Tawny Owl calling all night from within and around the garden. The first … Continued
Wednesday 22 Sept 21, Mellor
Weather Low cloud 8/8, occaisonal break in clouds, intermittent light drizzle, light westerly, circa 14°c vismig 09:40 – 10:10 Meadow Pipt 6 south Swallow c25 feeding over Saccary Lane Goldcrest 1 nocmig Only registration was a vocal Tawny Owl between … Continued
Tuesday 21 Sept 2021 – Mellor
Weather 7/8 high cirro stratus cloud. Light southerly wind c 15°c vismig Meadow Pipt 11 S Swallow c25 House Martin c5 Grey Wagtail 1 N Pied Wagtail 2 S Lapwing 40 S nocmig Very quiet night. Only a single Tawny … Continued
Saturday & Sunday 18th and 19th September – East Coast
Saturday weather Warm and sunny, intermittent light clouds. circa 20°c, light easterly winds. RSPB Blacktoft Sands This was the first of a two day trip in the van to the east coast, to take advantage of a free weekend. Having … Continued
Back to reality
Following the wonderful trip to Bulgaria last week it was back to reality with a thump as I ventured up to Dean Clough for the first time in a couple of weeks. All the passage migrants had moved on as … Continued
Dean Clough and Parsonage June
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
Dean Clough Glaucous Gull
An early morning visit to Dean Clough on the 7th turned up this 2nd calendar year Glaucous gull which was the only gull on the water. It was a bit too distant for a decent photograph but this record shot … Continued
Scotland, May 26th – June 1st
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
Dean Clough and Parsonage Reservoirs
Today saw the first real influx of Pink-footed Geese on the back of favourable northwesterly winds with several skeins reported from various areas of east Lancs. I was busy in the morning but had the afternoon free so decided on … Continued
Jan 6 2017
I’ve pretty much abandoned this blog for no particular reason (procrastination) and it’s been dormant for over three years. I read through some of the older posts and now regret not keeping it up to date as there are some … Continued