08/03/18 - Greenfinch singing in Winfields Car Park
09/03/18
I spy with my little eye a big gull at top. Took a long range shot of it with my camera and looking at the photographs - it looked pale and had a pink and black bill. Russell told me he was coming from Quarry side. I phoned him and before I could open my mouth "Is that a Glaucous Gull?" he asked a bit gobsmacked. I think so but it flew off with a Great Black Backed Gull westwards - not seen at Ogden or Calf Hey sadly. Could it be the Hollingworth Lake bird which has not been reported today? There has been a bit of an increase in inland sightings this season. It might be worth checking in morning when Great Black Backed Gulls loaf around.
Holden Wood:-
1 Glaucous Gull
3 Great Black Backed Gulls minm - 1 adult and 2 immatures.
lots of Black-headed Gulls
1-2 Snipe
min 10 Lapwing
1 Reed Bunting
2 Dunnock
2 Mistle Thrush
2 Wren
2 Song Thrush
8 Teal min
2 Moorhen
1 Coot
3 Goosander
a few of the common tit species
1 Meadow Pipit
2 min Pied wagtails
Ogden:-
black-headed gulls galore
Calf Hey:-
1 Grey Wagtail
2 Nuthatch
1 Treecreeper
Chaffnches and Tits
Green Woodpecker yaffling
Quarries:-
1 Nuthatch calling incessantly in 7-8 trees at far quarry- never had one here before.
3-4 Stock Dove
1 Mistle Thrush
min 1 Linnet
min 1 Meadow Pipit
Duckworth Clough Lodge:-
1 Moorhen of note
NO Skylarks or Birds of Prey noted....no Curlew ..
-- Edited by sarfraz on Friday 9th of March 2018 04:03:02 PM
-- Edited by sarfraz on Friday 9th of March 2018 05:48:51 PM