There was a skein of 42 Pink Feet at 1128hours SE to NW passing over Duckworth Clough, Haslingden and five minutes later there was a further party of 20 approx also going SE to NW but passing further North at Rising Bridge (spotted from Duckworth) and another party which I could hear calling in the distance and very high but just could not see them. There was a party of 25 Redwing in Duckworth Clough plantings.
I also forgot to mention but there was also skein of approx 100 PFG moving NW over Haslingden at 1500hrs approx on Thursday last 24th January 2008.
Just caught Kevins report on PFG, its obvious there was some sort of movement East-West today.
I heard another skein of pink feet moving over Bacup at about 17:20hrs today, impossible to guess how many. There are several reports of Pink feet moving west on the ELOC website today and 3 on the Manchester birding forum.
Hi Kevin, Yes thats interesting it must have been a really big move because, Dave Barker at Bradford informs me that they also had lots of PFG passing over their area yesterday:
28th January 2008 Shipley/Baildon Pink-feet flock heard at 6.00am 110 Pink-footed Geese heading west at 12.13pm
13 Cormorants west over Silsden Reservoir
Bolton Bridge to Addingham 130 calling Pink-footed Geese west over Farfeld Hall Three Little Grebes, 5[possibly 9] Goosander on the Wharfe Dipper , 2 Jays
Addingham 60 Pink-feet west over the north of the village
six Pink-feet west over Bracken Ghyll Golf Course.
Dipper Marchup Beck
Lower Marchup Farm [Addingham to Silsden] Ten more Pink-footed Geese southwest.
Silsden Reservoir 14 Pink-feet flew south-west
Shipley Glenn area Two pairs of Nuthatch were disputing territory by the Old Glen House and there were two more males calling on thewestern side of the Glen. A pair of GSW were very active with the male drumming and a pair of MistleThrush were engaged in settling into the area. Moorhens had returned to the 'pond' in the Glen and 2 Little Grebe was a again present by the footbridge over the river at Hirstwood. Thirteen Grey Herons were at roost, five on the 'muck heap' and eight further along the beck at Milner fields. At 12.15pm a flock over about 100 Pink-footed Geese flew along the valley, from east to west
Two large skeins of Pinkfeet over Cottingley between 11.30 and 12. one about 150 and the second about 300 ..heading NW.
300+ Pink feet flew N/W over Caldene Fields at 11.00
60 PF Geese >W over Queensbury 1130hrs.
Denton Hall Very large flock of lapwing in front of Hall: 400 visible on ground in near field but some in field beyond and could well have been >1000 from earlier sighting of flock in air.
Private Lake 5 female goldeneye; 1 green woodpecker in field beyond
Knotford Nook 3 great crested, 4 little grebe, 1 cormorant, 7 goldeneye 1 male pochard, 7 wigeon inc 4 males, 14 tufties, 133 coot
M Doveston, D Odell, P King, M Taunton, MVPriestley, J Flood, B Sumner
