Out of Rossendale Trip Reports

David Nuttall · David Nuttall

Just back from a couple of weeks in The U.S.A., mainly in California but a few days on the east coast too. A family holiday but very good for wildlife generally with the Highlights as follows: Black Bear, 1 in Yosemite, Elephant Seal, c100 on the west coast, California Sea Lion, c50 on west coast, Harbo...

David Nuttall · David Nuttall

I was lucky enough to be working near Martin Down this week and although it was 7:00P.M. it was still quite good for butterflies with the following noted: Dark Green Fritillary, c6, Marbled White, c40, Small Skipper, c20, Meadow Brown, c80 Ringlet, c40 Birds were a little quiet but the following we...

David Ousey · David Ousey

A good birding friend of Bob K`s from Australia, Paul Mc, was visiting the UK with a view to seeing a few of the more difficult bird species that grace our little island. A trip was planned and at 4am start on Friday from Bob K`s, with myself and Kev C making up the four in Pauls car. We planned to meet up wi...

David Ousey · David Ousey

A Lesser Grey Shrike in Norfolk then a Black Winged Pratincole in Lincolnshire had been on our sights to visit but, as so often happens the birds fly off! So we made other plans to go to Anglesey to see a Savi`s Warbler that had taken up residence at RSPB Cors Ddyga near Pentre Berw. With Kev C and Steve B...

David Ousey · David Ousey

Our annual Through the night birding trip began with a 11am start from Newhey and ended with an M62 induced end at 2am (more of that later) As we headed past Leeds a few Red Kites were seen swooping and gliding effortlessly over the adjacent fields. Our first stop was to be Wykeham (or as one of our team...

David Ousey · David Ousey

A couple of weeks ago an Iberian Chiffchaff was heard and seen well at Pilling Lane Ends N.R. in Lancashire. We decided, as we all needed to have a good look & listen at this fairly recently split species, to have a look for ourselves. A leisurely start at 8am from Norden soon had us on our way on a rea...

David Ousey · David Ousey

28th May A trip to see the eagles on Mull was arranged back in March with accommodation, ferries & White Tailed Eagle trip booked and with the weather not looking too bad we set off. A 5-30am start with Bob K driving, Kevin C, Steve B and myself on board with a very full boot headed up the M6. At Tebay...

David Nuttall · David Nuttall

17:00-22:00 Working in Barnsley, as I do, I spent the evening at some of its birding hot spots, mainly the moors towards Woodhead pass and the flashes near Grimethorpe with the following seen: Merlin, male seen twice dashing over the moors, Peregrine, male seen twice over the moors, Buzzard, severa...

David Ousey · David Ousey

After missing the male Baikal Teal near Eldernell, Cambridgeshire about 2 weeks ago and with its subsequent re-appearance last week, thoughts of another trip to see it were mooted. Thursday`s news that the presumed same bird had been seen at Kilnsea Wetlands near Spurn was very welcome. Friday...

David Ousey · David Ousey

News of an adult Stilt Sandpiper near Maghull, Lancashire on Friday afternoon had a few looking up when the last one had been recorded, it was in 1967, so it would surely attract a lot of attention. The sharp ones amongst you might think that the location might be in the dreamed up county of Merseysid...

David Ousey · David Ousey

In much better conditions than last weeks monsoon, myself, Bob K & Kevin C had a mid-week trip out. We left a sunny Whitworth at 6-30am and arrived at Strid Woods by 7-30am. As we started to tune our ears into the various calls & songs that we normally hear, one noticeable song was missing, a R...

craggy · craggy

Had a look at the Tern colony at Preston Docks where artificial nest sites have been set out on pontoons in the Albert Edward Basin Around 40+ Terns where around mostly Common Tern with possibly 8 Arctic Tern two or three nest boxes have been occupied as yet and one with a pair of coots This is a must re...

David Ousey · David Ousey

One of our number has yet to see a Baikal Teal or a Savi`s Warbler so, when they both became available a trip was planned. I had just returned from a two week trip to Lesvos for the eastern Mediterranean migration and was accustomed to sunshine and cloudless skies. This trip made me feel at home, back...

craggy · craggy

With reports of Dotterel on the summit of Pendle Hill yesterday and after two failed attempts of seeing this bird in the same number of years thought I would give it another go today and was not disappointed as one Dotterel was still present and being very showy well worth the slog up Cheers Craggy ...

David Ousey · David Ousey

It was a bright, bitterly cold morning as we met in Shaw and headed easterly along the M62. Our plan was to visit the area around the Rivers Trent, Ouse and Humber and see what migrants had arrived etc. At Faxfleet we managed to watch a few Marsh Harriers whilst Cettiss Warblers seemed to be everywhe...

craggy · craggy

Thought I would try my luck again for a Hawfinch at Sizergh it wasnt too be, but with a reported Green-winged Teal the night before at Leighton Moss at the Allan hide Morecambe Bay would be the next stop. Only three people where in the hide watching the bird feeding along the back of the pool a nice lifer...

David Ousey · David Ousey

A full team got into Steve B`s car on a dull Sunday morning and headed east, even after being told that West was best for the weather today. We pressed on through a very misty Yorkshire eventually arriving at Wykeham raptor viewpoint, which was shrouded in mist. Well we were all told not to bother. A...

David Ousey · David Ousey

Just myself and Bob K having a little tour around seeing what we could find at this, generally, exciting time of the year. We started at Sizergh Castle looking for the Hawfinch without any joy (the sharp ones amongst you will say its in Cumbria) We called in at Pine Lake and had great views of the fir...

David Ousey · David Ousey

With a full team aboard we headed up the A19 to visit a nice little village church that`s graveyard is full of wild Daffodils at this part of spring, very nice! A male Sparrowhawk showed really nicely whilst sat on top of a hedge, so along with Buzzards and Kestrels it made it a nice place to stop at. Its...

David Ousey · David Ousey

On a day when the weather was supposed to be much worse than it turned out to be, four of us headed out for a days birding and were not disappointed. First stop was the now mandatory one at Moore N.R. near Warrington for the Lesser Spotted Woodpecker. As this was our third visit this year a certain optim...

craggy · craggy

Elton Pochard 1m Scaup 7 Goldeneye 2 Tufted Duck 25+ Mallard Teal 6 Goosandere 2 Cormorant G C Grebe 8 with some displaying Little Grebe 1 Oystercatchers 2 Coot Moorhen Lapwing 24 Grey Heron 2 Buzzard 2 Kestrel 1 Withins Gadwall 5 Teal 2 Pink-footed 2 Goose in with Canada Geese Lowercroft Upper Res...

David Ousey · David Ousey

A Pallas`s Warbler and a Firecrest had been seen fairly regularly at a sewage works in Fishburn, County Durham and had been present for around 2 weeks. With Kevin C freshly returned from the colonies, Steve B, we planned a trip to try to locate the birds. A decent drive up the A1 managing to see a Red...

craggy · craggy

Birds seen Pink-footed Geese Large skein going over Teal Oystercatcher Lapwing Dunlin Black-tailed Godwit Curlew Redshank Cormorant Knot Wigeon Kingfisher Buzzard Grey Heron Little Egret 1 Great White Egret Cheers Craggy

David Ousey · David Ousey

Some days you make plans and they go wrong and other days they go to plan, this was one of those good days. Almost everything we planned to go to see was seen, apart from White Fronted Geese near Scaling Dam etc, so a good day was had by myself, Steve B and Chris B who drove. An early start around 6-30am ha...

craggy · craggy

Marshside Birds seen Wigeon Large flocks of 80+ Teal flocks of 30+ Pintail lots of males some female Shelduck dotted around Shoveler 9 5m 4f Pochard 2m Tufted Duck flocks of 40+ Mallard Pink-footed Goose everywhere you looked thousands Black-tailed Godwit Curlew Redshank 12 Snip Ruff 1 Gold...

craggy · craggy

Elton 1 Gadwall 4 Scaup 15 Tuffed Duck 2 Goosander 4 Great Crested Grebe 10 Coot Mallard 250+ Black-headed Gull Common Gull Great Black-backed Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Herring Gull 4 cormorant 1 Kestrel 2 Jay 1 Little Egret in stream blow reservoir Withins Reservoir 2 Pink-footed Goose in wi...

David Ousey · David Ousey

Okay it was supposed to be very windy on the Wirral as me and Steve B set off but, it felt like gale force at times! A leisurely start of 9am had us heading towards our various destinations reaching a little stop at Moore N.R. It soon became apparent that even inland the wind would be keeping the birds d...

David Ousey · David Ousey

A Dusky Warbler has been present at Kingsbury Water Meadows in Warwickshire since mid-December 2018 and along with a few other nice birds in the Midlands a trip was partially organised. Myself driving, along with Steve B & Bob K left a dark and gloomy Rochdale at 6am (good to be back in the old ro...

David Ousey · David Ousey

We always have a trip out early in the New Year and with the shorter hours of daylight usually choose to stay fairly local. With Bob K at the wheel, myself, Steve & Chris B we left a cold Rochdale at 8am. Some Waxwings in Chorley was to be our first stop, unfortunately, after a bit of searching they...

craggy · craggy

Calling at Sizergh Castle hoping for a Hawfinch but for me and two other birders nothing was Spotted,so off to Leighton Moss First bird of the day right in front of the hide was a cracking View of a Jack Snipe with 3 Common Snipe,it was constantly bobbing up and down while feeding with the other 3 Snipe g...

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	U.S.A. 28th July -12th August 2019 (Preview) Just back from a couple of weeks in The U.S.A., mainly in California but a few days on the east coast too. A family holiday but very good for wildlife generally with the Highlights as follows: Black Bear, 1 in Yosemite, Elephant Seal, c100 on the west coast, California Sea Lion, c50 on west coast, Harbo...	David Nuttall	0	229	Wed Aug 14 9:48 PM, 2019 by David Nuttall
	Martin Down, 18th July 2019 (Preview) I was lucky enough to be working near Martin Down this week and although it was 7:00P.M. it was still quite good for butterflies with the following noted: Dark Green Fritillary, c6, Marbled White, c40, Small Skipper, c20, Meadow Brown, c80 Ringlet, c40 Birds were a little quiet but the following we...	David Nuttall	0	270	Fri Jul 19 11:13 PM, 2019 by David Nuttall
	Suffolk & Norfolk Trip. 5th to 7th July 2019 (Preview) A good birding friend of Bob K`s from Australia, Paul Mc, was visiting the UK with a view to seeing a few of the more difficult bird species that grace our little island. A trip was planned and at 4am start on Friday from Bob K`s, with myself and Kev C making up the four in Pauls car. We planned to meet up wi...	David Ousey	0	218	Fri Jul 12 1:52 PM, 2019 by David Ousey
	Well it did start well, Anglesey. 19/6/2019 (Preview) A Lesser Grey Shrike in Norfolk then a Black Winged Pratincole in Lincolnshire had been on our sights to visit but, as so often happens the birds fly off! So we made other plans to go to Anglesey to see a Savi`s Warbler that had taken up residence at RSPB Cors Ddyga near Pentre Berw. With Kev C and Steve B...	David Ousey	0	259	Sat Jun 22 10:18 PM, 2019 by David Ousey
	A170 Wanderings. 15th June 2019 (Preview) Our annual Through the night birding trip began with a 11am start from Newhey and ended with an M62 induced end at 2am (more of that later) As we headed past Leeds a few Red Kites were seen swooping and gliding effortlessly over the adjacent fields. Our first stop was to be Wykeham (or as one of our team...	David Ousey	0	252	Sun Jun 16 3:50 PM, 2019 by David Ousey
	Lancashire & Cumbria. Sunday 9th June 2019 (Preview) A couple of weeks ago an Iberian Chiffchaff was heard and seen well at Pilling Lane Ends N.R. in Lancashire. We decided, as we all needed to have a good look & listen at this fairly recently split species, to have a look for ourselves. A leisurely start at 8am from Norden soon had us on our way on a rea...	David Ousey	0	239	Thu Jun 13 10:45 PM, 2019 by David Ousey
	Trip to Mull & Iona, Scotland. 28th to 31st May 2019 (Preview) 28th May A trip to see the eagles on Mull was arranged back in March with accommodation, ferries & White Tailed Eagle trip booked and with the weather not looking too bad we set off. A 5-30am start with Bob K driving, Kevin C, Steve B and myself on board with a very full boot headed up the M6. At Tebay...	David Ousey	2	257	Sat Jun 8 10:45 PM, 2019 by David Ousey
	Barnsley District, 31st May 2019 (Preview) 17:00-22:00 Working in Barnsley, as I do, I spent the evening at some of its birding hot spots, mainly the moors towards Woodhead pass and the flashes near Grimethorpe with the following seen: Merlin, male seen twice dashing over the moors, Peregrine, male seen twice over the moors, Buzzard, severa...	David Nuttall	0	226	Sat Jun 1 9:46 AM, 2019 by David Nuttall
	Hornsea Mere & Spurn area. Friday 24th May 2019 (Preview) After missing the male Baikal Teal near Eldernell, Cambridgeshire about 2 weeks ago and with its subsequent re-appearance last week, thoughts of another trip to see it were mooted. Thursday`s news that the presumed same bird had been seen at Kilnsea Wetlands near Spurn was very welcome. Friday...	David Ousey	0	248	Sat May 25 12:40 PM, 2019 by David Ousey
	One Saturday in Lancashire. 18th May 2019 (Preview) News of an adult Stilt Sandpiper near Maghull, Lancashire on Friday afternoon had a few looking up when the last one had been recorded, it was in 1967, so it would surely attract a lot of attention. The sharp ones amongst you might think that the location might be in the dreamed up county of Merseysid...	David Ousey	0	207	Tue May 21 12:25 AM, 2019 by David Ousey
	Strid Woods, Bolton Abbey & Wintersett Res area. 14/5/2019 (Preview) In much better conditions than last weeks monsoon, myself, Bob K & Kevin C had a mid-week trip out. We left a sunny Whitworth at 6-30am and arrived at Strid Woods by 7-30am. As we started to tune our ears into the various calls & songs that we normally hear, one noticeable song was missing, a R...	David Ousey	0	243	Thu May 16 2:32 PM, 2019 by David Ousey
	Albert Edward Dock (Preston) 11-5-2019 (Preview) Had a look at the Tern colony at Preston Docks where artificial nest sites have been set out on pontoons in the Albert Edward Basin Around 40+ Terns where around mostly Common Tern with possibly 8 Arctic Tern two or three nest boxes have been occupied as yet and one with a pair of coots This is a must re...	craggy	0	231	Sat May 11 10:52 PM, 2019 by craggy
	A Wet Days Wanderings. 8th May 2019 (Preview) One of our number has yet to see a Baikal Teal or a Savi`s Warbler so, when they both became available a trip was planned. I had just returned from a two week trip to Lesvos for the eastern Mediterranean migration and was accustomed to sunshine and cloudless skies. This trip made me feel at home, back...	David Ousey	0	221	Fri May 10 2:07 PM, 2019 by David Ousey
	Dotterel Pendle Hill 29-4-2019 (Preview) With reports of Dotterel on the summit of Pendle Hill yesterday and after two failed attempts of seeing this bird in the same number of years thought I would give it another go today and was not disappointed as one Dotterel was still present and being very showy well worth the slog up Cheers Craggy ...	craggy	0	219	Mon Apr 29 4:17 PM, 2019 by craggy
	River & Swallow Ramblings. 14/4/2019 (Preview) It was a bright, bitterly cold morning as we met in Shaw and headed easterly along the M62. Our plan was to visit the area around the Rivers Trent, Ouse and Humber and see what migrants had arrived etc. At Faxfleet we managed to watch a few Marsh Harriers whilst Cettiss Warblers seemed to be everywhe...	David Ousey	0	237	Tue Apr 16 12:49 PM, 2019 by David Ousey
	Leighton Moss 10-4-2019 (Preview) Thought I would try my luck again for a Hawfinch at Sizergh it wasnt too be, but with a reported Green-winged Teal the night before at Leighton Moss at the Allan hide Morecambe Bay would be the next stop. Only three people where in the hide watching the bird feeding along the back of the pool a nice lifer...	craggy	0	233	Fri Apr 12 5:28 PM, 2019 by craggy
	East to West Yorkshire. Sunday 7th April 2019 (Preview) A full team got into Steve B`s car on a dull Sunday morning and headed east, even after being told that West was best for the weather today. We pressed on through a very misty Yorkshire eventually arriving at Wykeham raptor viewpoint, which was shrouded in mist. Well we were all told not to bother. A...	David Ousey	0	225	Tue Apr 9 10:42 AM, 2019 by David Ousey
	Lancashire & Greater Manchester Birding. 31/3/2019 (Preview) Just myself and Bob K having a little tour around seeing what we could find at this, generally, exciting time of the year. We started at Sizergh Castle looking for the Hawfinch without any joy (the sharp ones amongst you will say its in Cumbria) We called in at Pine Lake and had great views of the fir...	David Ousey	1	226	Thu Apr 4 9:13 AM, 2019 by C Bel
	Snakes & Ladders. Sunday 24th March 2019 (Preview) With a full team aboard we headed up the A19 to visit a nice little village church that`s graveyard is full of wild Daffodils at this part of spring, very nice! A male Sparrowhawk showed really nicely whilst sat on top of a hedge, so along with Buzzards and Kestrels it made it a nice place to stop at. Its...	David Ousey	0	206	Tue Mar 26 12:55 PM, 2019 by David Ousey
	Cheshire, Wirral & Southport. 10/3/2019 (Preview) On a day when the weather was supposed to be much worse than it turned out to be, four of us headed out for a days birding and were not disappointed. First stop was the now mandatory one at Moore N.R. near Warrington for the Lesser Spotted Woodpecker. As this was our third visit this year a certain optim...	David Ousey	0	213	Wed Mar 13 1:07 PM, 2019 by David Ousey
	Elton-Withins and Lowercroft Upper Reservoirs 26-2-2019 (Preview) Elton Pochard 1m Scaup 7 Goldeneye 2 Tufted Duck 25+ Mallard Teal 6 Goosandere 2 Cormorant G C Grebe 8 with some displaying Little Grebe 1 Oystercatchers 2 Coot Moorhen Lapwing 24 Grey Heron 2 Buzzard 2 Kestrel 1 Withins Gadwall 5 Teal 2 Pink-footed 2 Goose in with Canada Geese Lowercroft Upper Res...	craggy	0	244	Tue Feb 26 7:39 PM, 2019 by craggy
	North East Birding. 17th February 2019 (Preview) A Pallas`s Warbler and a Firecrest had been seen fairly regularly at a sewage works in Fishburn, County Durham and had been present for around 2 weeks. With Kevin C freshly returned from the colonies, Steve B, we planned a trip to try to locate the birds. A decent drive up the A1 managing to see a Red...	David Ousey	0	213	Wed Feb 20 11:37 AM, 2019 by David Ousey
	Lune Estuary ( Tidal Causeway from Overton ) 2-2-2019 (Preview) Birds seen Pink-footed Geese Large skein going over Teal Oystercatcher Lapwing Dunlin Black-tailed Godwit Curlew Redshank Cormorant Knot Wigeon Kingfisher Buzzard Grey Heron Little Egret 1 Great White Egret Cheers Craggy	craggy	0	212	Sat Feb 2 10:20 PM, 2019 by craggy
	“North Yorkshire” Birding. Sunday 20th January 2019 (Preview) Some days you make plans and they go wrong and other days they go to plan, this was one of those good days. Almost everything we planned to go to see was seen, apart from White Fronted Geese near Scaling Dam etc, so a good day was had by myself, Steve B and Chris B who drove. An early start around 6-30am ha...	David Ousey	0	211	Tue Jan 22 2:21 PM, 2019 by David Ousey
	Marshside 17-1-2019 (Preview) Marshside Birds seen Wigeon Large flocks of 80+ Teal flocks of 30+ Pintail lots of males some female Shelduck dotted around Shoveler 9 5m 4f Pochard 2m Tufted Duck flocks of 40+ Mallard Pink-footed Goose everywhere you looked thousands Black-tailed Godwit Curlew Redshank 12 Snip Ruff 1 Gold...	craggy	0	218	Thu Jan 17 8:06 PM, 2019 by craggy
	Elton and Withins Reservoir 15-1-2019 (Preview) Elton 1 Gadwall 4 Scaup 15 Tuffed Duck 2 Goosander 4 Great Crested Grebe 10 Coot Mallard 250+ Black-headed Gull Common Gull Great Black-backed Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Herring Gull 4 cormorant 1 Kestrel 2 Jay 1 Little Egret in stream blow reservoir Withins Reservoir 2 Pink-footed Goose in wi...	craggy	0	227	Tue Jan 15 9:18 PM, 2019 by craggy
	Windy Wirral. Sunday 12th January 2019 (Preview) Okay it was supposed to be very windy on the Wirral as me and Steve B set off but, it felt like gale force at times! A leisurely start of 9am had us heading towards our various destinations reaching a little stop at Moore N.R. It soon became apparent that even inland the wind would be keeping the birds d...	David Ousey	0	204	Mon Jan 14 4:08 PM, 2019 by David Ousey
	A Day Out in the Midlands. 6/1/2019 (Preview) A Dusky Warbler has been present at Kingsbury Water Meadows in Warwickshire since mid-December 2018 and along with a few other nice birds in the Midlands a trip was partially organised. Myself driving, along with Steve B & Bob K left a dark and gloomy Rochdale at 6am (good to be back in the old ro...	David Ousey	0	206	Wed Jan 9 4:33 PM, 2019 by David Ousey
	Lancashire Day Out. 2/1/2019 (Preview) We always have a trip out early in the New Year and with the shorter hours of daylight usually choose to stay fairly local. With Bob K at the wheel, myself, Steve & Chris B we left a cold Rochdale at 8am. Some Waxwings in Chorley was to be our first stop, unfortunately, after a bit of searching they...	David Ousey	0	210	Wed Jan 9 3:17 PM, 2019 by David Ousey
	Leighton Moss and Sizergh Castle 8-1-2019 (Preview) Calling at Sizergh Castle hoping for a Hawfinch but for me and two other birders nothing was Spotted,so off to Leighton Moss First bird of the day right in front of the hide was a cracking View of a Jack Snipe with 3 Common Snipe,it was constantly bobbing up and down while feeding with the other 3 Snipe g...	craggy	0	227	Wed Jan 9 10:50 AM, 2019 by craggy
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