Out of Rossendale Trip Reports

David Ousey · David Ousey

Last Sunday a full team of birders headed off at 6am to Strid Woods, Bolton Abbey, in Yorkshire. Its one of our annual trips to see and hear the migrant birds that arrive on our shores in springtime, along with our resident bird species. We do tend to rely on Young Chris B for his knowledge and ears as we ar...

craggy · craggy

After seeing the Red-necked Grebe last Saturday at AMR a lifer for me, another lifer was reported at Marshside Southport. A Black-winged Stilt had been reported and seen at Neils Hide I had to hope it would stay around till this Saturday, luckily it was still being reported seen Saturday morning. G...

craggy · craggy

As I was going to be passing Elton thought Id call as Ive not been there for some time, Turned out to be a good move 4 Little Gulls showing really well 2 Arctic Terns flying up and down the reservoir 2 Swift in with lots of Swallow - Sand Martin - House Martin Cheers Craggy

David Ousey · David Ousey

With a Black winged Stilt having turned up at RSPB Marshside, Southport, two weeks previously, we thought that it would be a good place to start from. A full team met in Castleton on a nice dry morning and we set off for Southport. News that the bird had been seen first thing hastened us along. Upon reach...

David Ousey · David Ousey

After last years stay in Yorkshire of a few months people began to think, Will the Black-browed Albatross return in 2022? Well on the 31st March it re-appeared at Bempton Cliffs RSPB reserve, probably after 5 months in the North Sea. It has returned to a regular Gannet breeding site in the forlorn hop...

David Ousey · David Ousey

A full team of Rochdale birders left Castleton at 8am in a bit of drizzle but as often happens as we topped out over the M62 blue skies appeared. Our first call was at North Cave were some of the crew enjoyed breakfast muffins, a really nice walk around this expanding reserve had us soon watching a few rec...

David Ousey · David Ousey

Its been a while since we have been out for various reasons, although a few local trips have been made clocking up some year ticks. So with the weather set to be fine all day, myself and Kevin C thought a trip into Yorkshire to Swine Moor near Beverley would be nice. A male Baikal Teal, usually from Lake Ba...

craggy · craggy

Red-throated Diver has been seen on Watergrove Reservoir for quite some time now but has been reported paying a visit to Hollingworth Lake. So while I was going to be out walking over that area today thought I would pop up and see if it was paying a visit today, yep there it was fishing out in the middle o...

sarfraz · sarfraz

The Belted Kingfisher which was first sighted on the Ribble upstream from Brockholes in mid-November was then sighted on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal at Whitnell Bridge over a week ago. I assume people looked for it and then somehow it was located on the River Darwen at Roach Bridge where it has been...

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...

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	Northern Birding & some butterflies. 8th May 2022 (Preview) Last Sunday a full team of birders headed off at 6am to Strid Woods, Bolton Abbey, in Yorkshire. Its one of our annual trips to see and hear the migrant birds that arrive on our shores in springtime, along with our resident bird species. We do tend to rely on Young Chris B for his knowledge and ears as we ar...	David Ousey	0	138	Tue May 10 5:03 PM, 2022 by David Ousey
	Black-winged Stilt Marshside RSPB Southport 23/04/2022 (Preview) After seeing the Red-necked Grebe last Saturday at AMR a lifer for me, another lifer was reported at Marshside Southport. A Black-winged Stilt had been reported and seen at Neils Hide I had to hope it would stay around till this Saturday, luckily it was still being reported seen Saturday morning. G...	craggy	2	144	Sun May 1 11:22 AM, 2022 by craggy
	Elton Reservoir 28/04/2022 (Preview) As I was going to be passing Elton thought Id call as Ive not been there for some time, Turned out to be a good move 4 Little Gulls showing really well 2 Arctic Terns flying up and down the reservoir 2 Swift in with lots of Swallow - Sand Martin - House Martin Cheers Craggy	craggy	2	156	Sun May 1 11:13 AM, 2022 by craggy
	Lancashire Coast Day out. 24th April 2022 (Preview) With a Black winged Stilt having turned up at RSPB Marshside, Southport, two weeks previously, we thought that it would be a good place to start from. A full team met in Castleton on a nice dry morning and we set off for Southport. News that the bird had been seen first thing hastened us along. Upon reach...	David Ousey	0	107	Thu Apr 28 9:43 PM, 2022 by David Ousey
	Black-browed Albatross returns to Bempton Cliffs, Yorkshire. 3/4/22 (Preview) After last years stay in Yorkshire of a few months people began to think, Will the Black-browed Albatross return in 2022? Well on the 31st March it re-appeared at Bempton Cliffs RSPB reserve, probably after 5 months in the North Sea. It has returned to a regular Gannet breeding site in the forlorn hop...	David Ousey	0	168	Mon Apr 4 8:47 PM, 2022 by David Ousey
	Trip into Yorkshire. Sunday 13th March 2022 (Preview) A full team of Rochdale birders left Castleton at 8am in a bit of drizzle but as often happens as we topped out over the M62 blue skies appeared. Our first call was at North Cave were some of the crew enjoyed breakfast muffins, a really nice walk around this expanding reserve had us soon watching a few rec...	David Ousey	0	155	Wed Mar 16 5:02 PM, 2022 by David Ousey
	Baikal Teal on Swine Moor, Yorkshire. Sunday 27th February 2022 (Preview) Its been a while since we have been out for various reasons, although a few local trips have been made clocking up some year ticks. So with the weather set to be fine all day, myself and Kevin C thought a trip into Yorkshire to Swine Moor near Beverley would be nice. A male Baikal Teal, usually from Lake Ba...	David Ousey	0	127	Mon Feb 28 3:56 PM, 2022 by David Ousey
	Red-throated Diver 3/01/2022 (Preview) Red-throated Diver has been seen on Watergrove Reservoir for quite some time now but has been reported paying a visit to Hollingworth Lake. So while I was going to be out walking over that area today thought I would pop up and see if it was paying a visit today, yep there it was fishing out in the middle o...	craggy	0	133	Mon Jan 3 6:49 PM, 2022 by craggy
	Belted Kingfisher, Roach Bridge (Preview) The Belted Kingfisher which was first sighted on the Ribble upstream from Brockholes in mid-November was then sighted on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal at Whitnell Bridge over a week ago. I assume people looked for it and then somehow it was located on the River Darwen at Roach Bridge where it has been...	sarfraz	2	170	Fri Dec 24 3:46 PM, 2021 by craggy
	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	171	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	162	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	115	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	133	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	161	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	113	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	156	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	105	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	120	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	134	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	116	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	115	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	118	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	131	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	129	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	121	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	129	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	117	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	109	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	134	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	120	Mon Jun 28 5:08 PM, 2021 by David Ousey
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