Great record for the area - the one raptor we get on a yearly basis which I have yet to see in Rossendale. They are great to watch after 4 sightings at St Aidans/Swillington Ings.
I was at Grane today and yesterday. Highlights:-
1. Cuckoo at Calf Hey
2. Whitethroat singing at farm on Holden Wood - was not singing in morning or previous days but started singing mid morning after standing there one for a long time. Maybe it just came in?
3. Singing Stonechat in rushes above Holden Wood and at side of Ogden.