What time were you there ? I was there from 9.00-12.30 today.
Just wanted to add :-
Holden Wood:-
11 lapwing 1 grey heron a couple of meadow pipit 6 teal 2 mallard 2 wren 2 cormorants 2 snipe 2 reed buntings - both females 1 coot
Ogden:-
6 teal on 3-4 mallard 5-6 fieldfare in hawthorns on slope
Calf hey:-
2 mistle thrush 4-5 blackbirds in hawthorns 2 kestrel - male and fem, male had prey eating it on a small tree but pesky b h gulls tried to rob him but luckily did not succeed! mixed flock consisting of coal tit, blue tit, great tit, treecreeper - 4 min seen in woods, goldcrest 3-4 wren 1-2 Robins
2-3 brambling, 2-3 chaffinch 250 min woodpigeon
2 Jay min of 3 siskin bullfinch heard
min 0f 70 b h gulls 18-24 teal 11 mallard min
Ogden:-
on way back:- 2 common gull 7+ mallard 1 field fare in hawthorn close to path - looks odd seeing them alone 2 more fieldfare closer towards holden wood
2-3 wren
Holden wood:-
min of 2 stonechat maybe a 3rd as well min of 15 meadow pipits - were not here before 60 lapwing approx. - they came in new 16 mallard min 1-2 Robins
min 30 black headed gulls
This cold snap has shaken things up a bit compared to my last visit see much more! Thrush activity appears to have increased and heading towards the berries. Waterfowl and Lapwing appear to have had a bit of a kick from nature. Both Robin and Wren in sub-song and I thought I heard a Mistle Thrush at one point.
I put up some feeders at the Ogden side of Holden Wood in the hawthorns near the hedge and on the wall. The suet pellets had all been eaten probably by Crows as I could see lots hanging about the area. Two coconut feeders appear to have been tucked into as well. Put some food at the edge of the Rossendale Way as you enter the woods as f walking from Ogden. Did not get much attention within the hour I was there - will check again tomorrow.
Sarfraz
-- Edited by sarfraz on Wednesday 3rd of December 2014 09:59:37 PM
Superb morning indeed. I had a feeling you were there around the same time because the reflection in Ogden disappears after mid-morning. If you came and saw my feeders at Holden Wood then it means I was ahead of you. If there were no feeders there then I was behind. I did go in the woods at Calf Hey so maybe as you entered I was at the other side. It was hard to miss me - I don't hide very well. LOL
