min 20 Red Grouse near trig point.....flew out of sight.....could not be relocated....
2 meadow pipits
1 pied wagtail
2 buzzards - one looking very rough legged.....pale, brown wing patches (I think they call it carpal) pale tail with brown tip.....tail and wing colour really contrasted.....looked very peppery from above.....asked a few knowledgeable birders ..sadly not to to be
2 ravens
2 kestrels
2 wren on moor
1 redwing
flocks of about 12 herring gulls with 1 great black
min 60 woodpigeons
-- Edited by sarfraz on Sunday 26th of October 2014 11:00:12 PM
When I wrote rough legged I should have put Rough Legged - a more northern Buzzard species which is far more beautiful and majestic I feel. Rough Legged Buzzards can be confused with Common Buzzards. I have never seen them before but this year there has been an influx. Not the thousands like you get with Waxwings but more dozens maybe triple figures max! We did have one a few years back photographed by Dennis Greenwood! They are that scarce that I think Lancashire gets a record every 5 years or so. So far most are on the east coast but let us hope they cross.
As for Honey Buzzards, never seen them yet and I think the last few were recorded a couple of weeks ago. Never seen them but I was hoping one will pass through Rossendale back in September. Both Honey and Rough Legged are very scarce in the North West.
