Out of Rossendale Trip Reports

David Ousey · David Ousey

A strange year what with restrictions on travel, Covid problems, injections (for all sensible enough people to have them done) and of course our old friend the British weather. In January/February I spent most of my time in my bubble visiting local areas on the Fylde area for our exercise walks, the...

David Ousey · David Ousey

Back on the first of April 2005, whilst I was at work, news that a Belted Kingfisher had been found in inland Staffordshire near Shugborough. As it was April Fool`s Day a lot of doubt as to why a really rare American bird had been found in that area, was it a genuine sighting? It turned out to be correct, so...

David Ousey · David Ousey

Our last trip out was to see the Two barred Greenish Warbler at Spurn a few weeks ago, so after many wet weekends since, we ventured out. With Kevin C still needing to see a Dusky Warbler we decided to go to the closest one available at Talacre in North Wales. Myself, Bob K and Kevin left a dark Castleton at...

David Ousey · David Ousey

Mid Saturday afternoon a visiting birder to the Spurn Point area had seen what he thought to be a Yellow-browed Warbler then, after taking some pictures of the bird, it became apparent, after looking at the photograph`s by expert`s, that the bird was indeed a Two-barred Greenish Warbler! About 20 o...

sarfraz · sarfraz

As David states the Long Toed Stint was thought to have been 2 other species before it was finally nailed. I was looking through bird guides just to see what had turned up on Friday evening after 10pm when I saw the words Long Toed Stint in bold with a red triangle next to it. Surprisingly it was stated t...

David Ousey · David Ousey

This story begins on Friday evening when a birder saw what he thought was a Temminck`s Stint on the eastern reed bed at RSPB St Aidan`s. The time was about 6pm, after sharing images of the bird, it was quickly re-identified as a Least Sandpiper. This species is a very rare bird indeed, now as the evening...

sarfraz · sarfraz

The last time I visited Spurn was in 2016. Since my first visit in 2012 I have fallen in love with the area but sadly it is a 2 1/2 hour drive. I have planned trips annually but every time something would block the visit. When I looked at what was found that day and I saw Red Eyed Vireo, Great Snipe, Red Footed...

David Ousey · David Ousey

Its been a busy old few days for the Rochdale Birders! Firstly the arrival of a first winter Squacco Heron at Big Pool Wood nature reserve in Gronant, North Wales got our interest and with Kevin C needing to see the bird, plans were made. This rather beautiful member of the heron family should be som...

David Ousey · David Ousey

After sustaining a knee injury last Wednesday and not being able to walk as I got out of bed on Thursday morning. I suppose I really hoped that no really rare birds would turn up, I was wrong! A Green Warbler had been caught and rung in the Heligoland trap at Buckton near Bempton, Yorkshire. Only 6 pre...

sarfraz · sarfraz

A visit to Spurn was pencilled in but the migrants had mostly cleared out. Destination changed and Blacktoft Sands was the back up plan with 2 advantages:- it was much closer and there was a mega rarity there! Craggy and I set off at dawn and by the time we arrived some point before 9am the car park was...

David Ousey · David Ousey

You can imagine when a very rare bird turns up in Norfolk you always think, Hope its not on Blakeney Point The walk from Cley beach carpark along the shingle to the end is around 3.5 miles and many a fine man has failed even to do it. The bird in question was a Sykess Warbler which would usually be on its w...

David Ousey · David Ousey

With some favourable winds still blowing on the east coast, myself and Kevin C had a trip over. An early start ensured that we could have a couple of Hours Sea watching, traffic going over was pretty good. There was room in the hide and as we set up our telescopes we noticed that Spurn`s own Sea Watchin...

sarfraz · sarfraz

On a family visit to South Yorkshire I decided to visit to Potteric Carr, a Yorkshire Wildlife Trust reserve not far from Doncaster. It is a fairly big reserve with reed beds, water bodies, woodland and some grassland. I walked around and had a Garganey pointed out to me. There were in excess of 10...

C Bel · C Bel

A day out to the east coast planned with a 1st stop off at Blacktoft Sands RSPB to see a bird species I managed to miss at Leighton Moss several years ago.. I arrived at the reserve at 7 to find the car park 3/4 full and lots of folk hurrying down to the Xerox hide. Joining them in there I managed to squeeze in an...

David Ousey · David Ousey

On Wednesday 18th August with the continued presence of the Black browed Albatross at RSPB Bempton Cliffs and as one of our team still had not seen it, a trip was planned. Along with Chris B, Kevin C we left earlyish and the news on the way was that the bird was still present helped our cause. As we ar...

David Ousey · David Ousey

On Sunday 1st August 2021 an Elegant Tern was found at Formby Point on the beach, it would appear to be the one that spent most of the summer at Cemlyn Bay tern colony on Anglesey. It was found on the following days near to Blundellsands Sailing Club. A large sandbank held lots of gulls, terns etc over...

David Ousey · David Ousey

The chance to visit RSPB Frampton Marsh came along when a Pacific Golden Plover was found on Tuesday 20th July, as one of our number had never seen one before. This reserve has only been in existence since 2007 being situated on The Wash in Lincolnshire, 4 miles from Boston. It is surely one of the bes...

David Ousey · David Ousey

One bad Tern deserves a good one. Sunday 4th July 2021 Two or maybe three Caspian Tern`s have been wandering between Far Ings, Reads Island, Barton Gravel Pits in Lincolnshire and Southfield Reservoir & RSPB St Aidans in Yorkshire for the last few days. After the excitement recently we thoug...

David Ousey · David Ousey

The Black-browed Albatross at Bempton, Yorkshire.30/6/2021 When I started birdwatching 40 years ago I saw a picture of a Black-browed Albatross sat on a rocky outcrop in the north of the Shetland Isles. Since that moment I have always wanted to see one in the British Isles, with the species being a...

sarfraz · sarfraz

I have worked in the Preston, Ormskirk, and Lytham area several times over the last 2 months so if finishing early I try to take some trips out. From Ormskirk I have made trips to Lunt Meadows Nature Reserve near Maghull and Martin Mere Nature Reserve near Burscough. When working in Preston I made a tr...

David Ousey · David Ousey

A few of the team had arranged to try to catch up with the roaming Caspian Tern in North Lincolnshire on Sunday morning, when a text came in offering two places to go to see a European Roller at Icklingham in Suffolk. After a bit of sorting out and as two of the team needed to see the bird, we decided on Suff...

David Nuttall · David Nuttall

Working in Barnsley as I spent the evening birding some of the local sites finishing off near Langsett for a great display by the moorland Nightjars with the following seen: Langsett. A moorland site at almost 1000ft elevation with pine forest and heather moorland. Red Grouse, c12, Woodcock, 2 over...

David Nuttall · David Nuttall

Father's Day treat for the family! Gannet, 1000's, Peregrine, 2 juvs soaring above the cliffs, Kittiwake, 1000's, Puffin, c40, Razorbill, 1000's, Guillemot, 1000's, Tree Sparrow, c50, Corn Bunting, 4. Regards, David.

David Ousey · David Ousey

When a River Warbler was found about 8 days ago at RSPB Ham Wall in Somerset, it got a few of us thinking about visiting the place again. Last time was the 25th April 2015 for a Hudsonian Godwit! A 5am start was planned with Craig B driving and myself and Bob K making up the numbers. Good progress was ma...

David Ousey · David Ousey

After last year`s restriction on travel it was nice to visit our regular places in East & North Yorkshire. Along with Kevin C, Chris B, myself and Bob K driving we left Rochdale at a leisurely 10am. Even on a Saturday morning the M62 was fairly busy but as we headed for the Bempton area the usual p...

David Nuttall · David Nuttall

Took my wife to Llandudno but managed a bit of birding here & there with the highlights being: Manx Shearwater, c20 out from South Stack, Gannet, 4 out from South Stack, Little Egret, 2 on Anglesey & 1 at Point of Ayr, Peregrine, first bird seen at South Stack being hassled by 2 Choughs, Buzzard...

David Ousey · David Ousey

With various unfavourable weather firmly dominating the country in the latter half of May, we had to wait until now to visit the Nightingales at Whisby near Lincoln. We also planned to visit Chamber`s Wood to see the Marsh Fritillary`s that breed there. As we set off from Newhey with Bob K and Chris B, n...

David Ousey · David Ousey

This bird was found last September 2020 in Bradford, Yorkshire, before spending a few days at Redcar Tarn, near Keighley, where I and my recently departed friend Steven Brown managed to miss seeing it! Fast forward to Tuesday 18th May this year, news that a breeding plumaged Franklin`s Gull was...

David Ousey · David Ousey

The travel tales of this bird carried on, after its trip across the Atlantic, then Devon, Sussex and now Northumberland in the well looked after town of Newbiggin-by-the-Sea. It has been in the area for a couple of weeks until a resident birder reported its presence and viewing was arranged. With a...

sarfraz · sarfraz

In late 2020 I was working in the Southport area so decided to pop to RSPB Marshside. Just on arrival seeing and hearing the flocks of Pink Footed geese low over, the wader flocks in the distance and the waterfowl feeding and roosting on the waterbodies made me realise what I was missing - more regular t...

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	An Exceptional Year for Rare Birds. Jan-Dec 2021 (Preview) A strange year what with restrictions on travel, Covid problems, injections (for all sensible enough people to have them done) and of course our old friend the British weather. In January/February I spent most of my time in my bubble visiting local areas on the Fylde area for our exercise walks, the...	David Ousey	0	84	Tue Dec 7 10:53 PM, 2021 by David Ousey
	The Belted Kingfisher in Lancashire. 25/11/2021 (Preview) Back on the first of April 2005, whilst I was at work, news that a Belted Kingfisher had been found in inland Staffordshire near Shugborough. As it was April Fool`s Day a lot of doubt as to why a really rare American bird had been found in that area, was it a genuine sighting? It turned out to be correct, so...	David Ousey	0	101	Fri Nov 26 8:36 PM, 2021 by David Ousey
	An interesting trip out, North Wales & Lancashire. 14/11/2021 (Preview) Our last trip out was to see the Two barred Greenish Warbler at Spurn a few weeks ago, so after many wet weekends since, we ventured out. With Kevin C still needing to see a Dusky Warbler we decided to go to the closest one available at Talacre in North Wales. Myself, Bob K and Kevin left a dark Castleton at...	David Ousey	0	78	Tue Nov 16 8:57 PM, 2021 by David Ousey
	Two-barred Greenish Warbler at Spurn, Yorkshire. Sunday 17th October 2021 (Preview) Mid Saturday afternoon a visiting birder to the Spurn Point area had seen what he thought to be a Yellow-browed Warbler then, after taking some pictures of the bird, it became apparent, after looking at the photograph`s by expert`s, that the bird was indeed a Two-barred Greenish Warbler! About 20 o...	David Ousey	1	96	Tue Oct 19 6:31 PM, 2021 by C Bel
	Long Toed Stint at RSPB St Aidan's, Yorkshire (Preview) As David states the Long Toed Stint was thought to have been 2 other species before it was finally nailed. I was looking through bird guides just to see what had turned up on Friday evening after 10pm when I saw the words Long Toed Stint in bold with a red triangle next to it. Surprisingly it was stated t...	sarfraz	1	125	Fri Oct 15 7:58 AM, 2021 by David Ousey
	Long toed Stint at RSPB St Aidan`s, Swillington, Yorkshire. 9/10/2021 (Preview) This story begins on Friday evening when a birder saw what he thought was a Temminck`s Stint on the eastern reed bed at RSPB St Aidan`s. The time was about 6pm, after sharing images of the bird, it was quickly re-identified as a Least Sandpiper. This species is a very rare bird indeed, now as the evening...	David Ousey	0	84	Sun Oct 10 7:27 PM, 2021 by David Ousey
	Spurn 6 September 2021 (Preview) The last time I visited Spurn was in 2016. Since my first visit in 2012 I have fallen in love with the area but sadly it is a 2 1/2 hour drive. I have planned trips annually but every time something would block the visit. When I looked at what was found that day and I saw Red Eyed Vireo, Great Snipe, Red Footed...	sarfraz	0	95	Sat Sep 25 10:50 PM, 2021 by sarfraz
	Gronant, Spurn Point & back to Gronant in North Wales. 16th/18th & 19th September 2021 (Preview) Its been a busy old few days for the Rochdale Birders! Firstly the arrival of a first winter Squacco Heron at Big Pool Wood nature reserve in Gronant, North Wales got our interest and with Kevin C needing to see the bird, plans were made. This rather beautiful member of the heron family should be som...	David Ousey	0	77	Mon Sep 20 5:35 PM, 2021 by David Ousey
	The Green Warbler at Buckton, Yorkshire. 10th September 2021 (Preview) After sustaining a knee injury last Wednesday and not being able to walk as I got out of bed on Thursday morning. I suppose I really hoped that no really rare birds would turn up, I was wrong! A Green Warbler had been caught and rung in the Heligoland trap at Buckton near Bempton, Yorkshire. Only 6 pre...	David Ousey	0	84	Sun Sep 12 9:57 PM, 2021 by David Ousey
	Blacktoft Sands, Yorkshire (Preview) A visit to Spurn was pencilled in but the migrants had mostly cleared out. Destination changed and Blacktoft Sands was the back up plan with 2 advantages:- it was much closer and there was a mega rarity there! Craggy and I set off at dawn and by the time we arrived some point before 9am the car park was...	sarfraz	1	86	Thu Sep 9 12:01 AM, 2021 by craggy
	Blakeney Point in Norfolk finally beats me! 4th September 2021 (Preview) You can imagine when a very rare bird turns up in Norfolk you always think, Hope its not on Blakeney Point The walk from Cley beach carpark along the shingle to the end is around 3.5 miles and many a fine man has failed even to do it. The bird in question was a Sykess Warbler which would usually be on its w...	David Ousey	0	80	Mon Sep 6 10:55 PM, 2021 by David Ousey
	Spurn and RSPB Blacktoft Sands. 1st September 2021 (Preview) With some favourable winds still blowing on the east coast, myself and Kevin C had a trip over. An early start ensured that we could have a couple of Hours Sea watching, traffic going over was pretty good. There was room in the hide and as we set up our telescopes we noticed that Spurn`s own Sea Watchin...	David Ousey	0	75	Sun Sep 5 9:57 PM, 2021 by David Ousey
	Potteric Carr, Yorkshire, 23 August 2021 (Preview) On a family visit to South Yorkshire I decided to visit to Potteric Carr, a Yorkshire Wildlife Trust reserve not far from Doncaster. It is a fairly big reserve with reed beds, water bodies, woodland and some grassland. I walked around and had a Garganey pointed out to me. There were in excess of 10...	sarfraz	0	80	Sat Sep 4 1:16 AM, 2021 by sarfraz
	White-tailed Plover. Blacktoft Sands 28th August 21. (Preview) A day out to the east coast planned with a 1st stop off at Blacktoft Sands RSPB to see a bird species I managed to miss at Leighton Moss several years ago.. I arrived at the reserve at 7 to find the car park 3/4 full and lots of folk hurrying down to the Xerox hide. Joining them in there I managed to squeeze in an...	C Bel	0	89	Wed Sep 1 10:20 PM, 2021 by C Bel
	August Adventures in Northern England 2021 (Preview) On Wednesday 18th August with the continued presence of the Black browed Albatross at RSPB Bempton Cliffs and as one of our team still had not seen it, a trip was planned. Along with Chris B, Kevin C we left earlyish and the news on the way was that the bird was still present helped our cause. As we ar...	David Ousey	0	83	Mon Aug 30 9:36 PM, 2021 by David Ousey
	Elegant Tern at Blundellsands Sailing Club, Hightown, Merseyside. Friday 6th August 2021 (Preview) On Sunday 1st August 2021 an Elegant Tern was found at Formby Point on the beach, it would appear to be the one that spent most of the summer at Cemlyn Bay tern colony on Anglesey. It was found on the following days near to Blundellsands Sailing Club. A large sandbank held lots of gulls, terns etc over...	David Ousey	0	89	Sat Aug 7 5:58 PM, 2021 by David Ousey
	Pacific Golden Plover at RSPB Frampton Marsh, Lincolnshire. 27/7/2021 (Preview) The chance to visit RSPB Frampton Marsh came along when a Pacific Golden Plover was found on Tuesday 20th July, as one of our number had never seen one before. This reserve has only been in existence since 2007 being situated on The Wash in Lincolnshire, 4 miles from Boston. It is surely one of the bes...	David Ousey	0	87	Wed Jul 28 4:57 PM, 2021 by David Ousey
	One bad Tern deserves a good one. Sunday 4th July 2021 (Preview) One bad Tern deserves a good one. Sunday 4th July 2021 Two or maybe three Caspian Tern`s have been wandering between Far Ings, Reads Island, Barton Gravel Pits in Lincolnshire and Southfield Reservoir & RSPB St Aidans in Yorkshire for the last few days. After the excitement recently we thoug...	David Ousey	0	82	Mon Jul 5 7:30 PM, 2021 by David Ousey
	The Black-browed Albatross at Bempton, Yorkshire.30/6/2021 (Preview) The Black-browed Albatross at Bempton, Yorkshire.30/6/2021 When I started birdwatching 40 years ago I saw a picture of a Black-browed Albatross sat on a rocky outcrop in the north of the Shetland Isles. Since that moment I have always wanted to see one in the British Isles, with the species being a...	David Ousey	0	74	Thu Jul 1 7:45 PM, 2021 by David Ousey
	Lowland Lancashire Wanderings (Preview) I have worked in the Preston, Ormskirk, and Lytham area several times over the last 2 months so if finishing early I try to take some trips out. From Ormskirk I have made trips to Lunt Meadows Nature Reserve near Maghull and Martin Mere Nature Reserve near Burscough. When working in Preston I made a tr...	sarfraz	0	97	Wed Jun 30 11:37 PM, 2021 by sarfraz
	Rolling into Suffolk. Sunday 27th June 2021 (Preview) A few of the team had arranged to try to catch up with the roaming Caspian Tern in North Lincolnshire on Sunday morning, when a text came in offering two places to go to see a European Roller at Icklingham in Suffolk. After a bit of sorting out and as two of the team needed to see the bird, we decided on Suff...	David Ousey	0	86	Mon Jun 28 5:08 PM, 2021 by David Ousey
	Nightjars, 23rd June 2021 (Preview) Working in Barnsley as I spent the evening birding some of the local sites finishing off near Langsett for a great display by the moorland Nightjars with the following seen: Langsett. A moorland site at almost 1000ft elevation with pine forest and heather moorland. Red Grouse, c12, Woodcock, 2 over...	David Nuttall	0	93	Thu Jun 24 8:45 PM, 2021 by David Nuttall
	Bempton, 20th June 2021 (Preview) Father's Day treat for the family! Gannet, 1000's, Peregrine, 2 juvs soaring above the cliffs, Kittiwake, 1000's, Puffin, c40, Razorbill, 1000's, Guillemot, 1000's, Tree Sparrow, c50, Corn Bunting, 4. Regards, David.	David Nuttall	0	98	Mon Jun 21 10:29 PM, 2021 by David Nuttall
	RSPB Ham Wall, Somerset. Saturday 12th June 2021 (Preview) When a River Warbler was found about 8 days ago at RSPB Ham Wall in Somerset, it got a few of us thinking about visiting the place again. Last time was the 25th April 2015 for a Hudsonian Godwit! A 5am start was planned with Craig B driving and myself and Bob K making up the numbers. Good progress was ma...	David Ousey	3	131	Mon Jun 21 5:07 PM, 2021 by David Ousey
	A Day/Night trip into Yorkshire. Saturday 19th June 2021 (Preview) After last year`s restriction on travel it was nice to visit our regular places in East & North Yorkshire. Along with Kevin C, Chris B, myself and Bob K driving we left Rochdale at a leisurely 10am. Even on a Saturday morning the M62 was fairly busy but as we headed for the Bempton area the usual p...	David Ousey	0	80	Mon Jun 21 5:05 PM, 2021 by David Ousey
	North Wales, 3rd June 2021 (Preview) Took my wife to Llandudno but managed a bit of birding here & there with the highlights being: Manx Shearwater, c20 out from South Stack, Gannet, 4 out from South Stack, Little Egret, 2 on Anglesey & 1 at Point of Ayr, Peregrine, first bird seen at South Stack being hassled by 2 Choughs, Buzzard...	David Nuttall	1	115	Sat Jun 5 8:49 PM, 2021 by David Ousey
	Notts and Lincs Day Out. 4th June 2021 (Preview) With various unfavourable weather firmly dominating the country in the latter half of May, we had to wait until now to visit the Nightingales at Whisby near Lincoln. We also planned to visit Chamber`s Wood to see the Marsh Fritillary`s that breed there. As we set off from Newhey with Bob K and Chris B, n...	David Ousey	0	86	Sat Jun 5 8:47 PM, 2021 by David Ousey
	The Franklin`s Gull in Yorkshire. Monday 24th May 2021 (Preview) This bird was found last September 2020 in Bradford, Yorkshire, before spending a few days at Redcar Tarn, near Keighley, where I and my recently departed friend Steven Brown managed to miss seeing it! Fast forward to Tuesday 18th May this year, news that a breeding plumaged Franklin`s Gull was...	David Ousey	0	82	Wed May 26 5:36 PM, 2021 by David Ousey
	Northern Mockingbird in Northumberland 8/5/21 (Preview) The travel tales of this bird carried on, after its trip across the Atlantic, then Devon, Sussex and now Northumberland in the well looked after town of Newbiggin-by-the-Sea. It has been in the area for a couple of weeks until a resident birder reported its presence and viewing was arranged. With a...	David Ousey	1	102	Mon May 10 4:10 PM, 2021 by C Bel
	Marshside, Mere Sands Wood and Martin Mere December 2020! (Preview) In late 2020 I was working in the Southport area so decided to pop to RSPB Marshside. Just on arrival seeing and hearing the flocks of Pink Footed geese low over, the wader flocks in the distance and the waterfowl feeding and roosting on the waterbodies made me realise what I was missing - more regular t...	sarfraz	0	118	Fri Mar 26 11:34 PM, 2021 by sarfraz
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