27 June - min 1 Common Gull over Victoria Park Haslingden, heading toward Grane
30 June - forgot to add Mallard with 3 small young at Troy Quarry
1 July - Treecreeper with fledged young at Victoria Park - looks like a second fledged brood here this season. Trip to Stonefold highlight min 80 House Sparrows and min 50 Ringlet butterflies, min 30 Small Tortoiseshell
2 July Grane and Quarries Highlights:-
flocks of 32-33 and 5 Crossbill seen at Calf Hey ...total approx 37-38..........approx 45 seen later on
Mallard with 8 small ducklings at Holden Wood
min 40 Mallard at Holden Wood....numbers growing
4th July - Mallard with 8 ducklings, min 10 Sand Martins over Holden Wood Res feeding, Whitethroat singing. 3 fled Lapwings - not sure where they have come from.
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05 July 1 adult Mediterranean Gull flying North from Haslingden High School playing fields
06 July approx. 15 Lapwing at Holden Wood almost all looked immatures.
10 July 6 Mediterranean Gulls over Jamestone 2 3 adults heading south to Belmont and 2 adults with 1 juvenile heading North must be feeding above Jamestones or down into Broadfield area of Hyndburn. All Common Scoter seen earlier had disappeared. 2 female Wheatears above Jamestone's
12 July minimum of 10 White Letter Hairstreaks at a spot near Edenfield. Other butterflies seen include:- my first ever Rossendale Comma, Red Admiral, Small Tortoiseshell, Green Veined White, Meadow Brown, Small Skipper, a freshly emerged Peacock, Small White, Ringlet and Small Heath
Mediterranean Gull over Tesco in Haslingden during afternoon.
Approx 100 Rooks feeding in a field around Turn - many young ones too.
14 July Mallard with 5 ducklings at Holden Wood must be nearly 2 weeks old.
16 July - trip around Grane water levels at maximum levels so dont expect much in terms of scarce waders dropping in. First Gatekeeper Butterflies seen 3 at Holden Wood, 1 at Ogden, 2 at Calf Hey, 3 at Quarries. 3 Teal at Holden Wood. Some action at Heap Clough and the Quarries 22 Mistle Thrush together, Curlew with young behind Clough Head, first Brown Hawker seen at Troy Quarry. Min 4 Great Spotted Woodpeckers visiting gardens on Grane Road which back onto Heap Clough. Family of Treecreeper at Heap Clough - min 5 Treecreeper family- some dropping down on floor and drinking from a puddle even.
17 July - 2 groups of Swifts seen chasing each other over Haslingden groups of 5-6, screaming.I am guessing they are family parties.
19 July - group of Swifts chasing each other over Haslingden again
20 July less Swifts seen over Haslingden. Visit to Holden Wood Blackbird family heard in Holden Arms Car Park, Dunnock family present too. Coot on Holden Wood hiding in rushes then popped out for a short time. 3 Song Thrush looked like family party.
21 July - visit to Grane was quite productive. In the scrub by car park a family of 4 min Blackcap. Quite a few Goldfinch here too min 20, 2 Dunnocks. Around the reservoir itself min 12 Stonechat min 10 were immatures perching on freshly cut grass and feeding, min 12 Willow Warblers 2 family parties 1 in hedgerow and another in ferns under old tram track. Min 4 Reed Buntings small family party. Min 6 Wrens in ferns under tram tracks.
Great Spotted Woodpecker at Calf Hey. No Crossbills. 1 Great Created Grebe on Ogden.
On the way back from Ogden at around 12.35 a Marsh Harrier flew across from Musden Heights, circling then North to Heap Clough area. It looked to have been moving not very high above the ground so I assume hunting in the area. Nearly wrote it off as a Buzzard I have seen 3 Marsh Harriers now in ROC area and all I wrote off as Buzzards in first few seconds.
Family of min 8 Wrens in car park at Holden Arms.
12 Swifts chasing one another over Haslingden today. Approx 100 Jackdaws on the roof of Lacey Court around 7.45pm. 2 Ravels flying from Grane to Rawtenstall 8.45pm.
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Wednesday July 22 - main highlight was Sedge Warbler singing at Holden Wood Reservoir. min 40 Swifts and min 40 House Martins over Holden Wood Reservoir too. Min 20 Sand Martin over Holden Wood and a further 20 min over Quarries. Min 20 Linnet spotted over Grane and Quarries. Common Sandpiper calling in a new area of Jamestone 2 - possible very late brood here?
Thursday 23 July - 2 fledged juvenile Moorhens at Holden Wood being chased off by adult. Nice to they have had some success. Grasshopper Warbler reeling in field by lane which leads to Holden Wood - left handside. First time I have heard one there this year! Another one reeling at Holden Wood Res
Friday 24 July - walk around Grane and Quarries. Grasshopper Warbler reeling at Holden Wood and in Musbury. 1 female Wheatear with 2-3 fledged juveniles at Jamestone 2.
24 July - Arlene who is a regular at Grane and known to Neil Burke aw a Tern fishing at Calf Hey in the afternoon. I showed her photos of Common Tern on the mobile but said the fork was much deeper like a Swallow and this looked more chunky. I showed her more photos buut for some reason she did not seem sure. I showed her photos of Arctic Tern then and instantly when she saw the streamers she said this was more like it. I showed her more photos and she said this was more in line with what I saw and it looks slender and streamlined as was the bird she saw.
27 July Curlew calling flying lover over Grane, majority of Oystercatcher disappeared
04 August 2 Oystercatcher at Grane, an Emperor Moth caterpillar above Ogden what a beast! Thought it was going to eat me alive!
31 July min of 20 Swift over Haslingden
02-06 August a few Swift families over Haslingden
02 August male Stonechat with insects in mouth in the Lower Musbury valley. Min 2 Kestrel at least 1 a calling immature.
06 August min 30 Tortoiseshells and min 30 Green Veined Whites in the Lower Musbury Valley. Also 5 min Peacocks, min 10 Small Skippers, 2 Large Whites. Also a Great Spotted Woodpecker, Grey Wagtail and Dipper
07 August 2 Swift over Haslingden and min 60 Rooks in fields near Turn Village with similar numbers of Jackdaws.
08 August Min of 2 Crossbill over my house going North approx. 7.25pm garden tick!
07th August at Grane
Holden Wood Reservoir
Chaffinch 1
Dunnock -2
Great Tit 3
Wren 11
Wood pigeon 15
Pied Wagtail 5
Carrion crow 7
Jackdaw 11
Mallard 5
Black-headed Gull 8
Mistle Thrush 1
Coal Tit 1
Cormorant 1
Lesser Black Backed Gull 1
Long Tailed Tit min 1
Magpie 4
Swallow min 20
Goldfinch min 20
Green Woodpecker 1
Sand Martin 1
Reed Bunting 4
Bullfinch min 1 - very scarce this year
Meadow Pipit 6
House Martin min 20
Whitethroat in the rushes and on the rusty fence just above the reservoir
Goldcrest 1
Willow Warbler 2
Song Thrush 1
Greenfinch 1
Kestrel 1
House Sparrows min 16 opposite Holden Arms
Robin - 1
Large White Butterfly 1
Small Skipper 10
Green Veined White 27
Small White 3
Peacock - 5
Tortoiseshell 3
Gatekeeper 2
Small Copper - 1
Meadow Brown 2
Ogden Reservoir
Wren 3
House Martin min 30
Swallow min 40
Swift min 200 including over Holden Wood Res
Goldfinch min 4
Meadow Pipit 7
Great Black Backed Gull min 1
Stonechat 3
Jackdaw 14
Buzzards family fledged
Pied Wagtail 1
Mallard 5 1 female with 4 small young
Lesser Black Backed Gull 1
Magpie 1
Carrion Crow 5
Linnet - 1
Meadow Brown 11
Gatekeeper 7
Small Skipper 5
Green Veined White - 4
Large White 2
Calf Hey Reservoir
Great Spotted Woodpecker 1
Wren 16
Carrion Crow - 12
Willow Warbler 5
Nuthatch 3
Black-headed Gull 1
Meadow Pipit - 2
Robin 1
Coal Tit 3
Blackbird 2
Song Thrush 1
Treecreeper 2
Blue Tit 3
Chaffinch 4
Goldcrest - 11
Goldfinch min 20
Swift - min 20
House Martin 2
Crossbill 4
Mallard 5
Long Tailed Tit min 2
Grey Wagtail 2
Dunnock 1
Jackdaw 1
Great Tit - 4
Pied Wagtail -2
Kestrel 1
Woodpigeon - 6
Green Veined White 11
Peacock - 3
Meadow Brown 2
Gatekeeper 12
Ringlet 2
Tortoiseshell 1
2 Brown Hawkers, 2 Common Hawker males and 2 unidentified dragonflies at Calf Hey
Heap Clough
Carrion Crow 16
Magpie 7
Mistle Thrush 12
Stock Dove- 2
Buzzard fledged family at Troy
Goldfinch min 20
Swallow min 60
Swift min 20
Willow Warbler - 3
Chaffinch 5
Sand Martin 7
Linnet 37 min - incl flock of approx. 32
Wren 4
Common Sandpiper 1
Robin 3
Great Tit 2
Goldcrest 7
Coal Tit 1
Treecreeper 3
Blue Tit 1
Long Tailed Tit min 1
Kestrel min 2
Pied Wagtail 16
Meadow Pipit 6
House Martin 2
Wheatear 5
Rook - 1
Stonechat 2
Black-headed Gull 1
Great Spotted Woodpecker 1
Greenfinch 2 incl 1 juvenile
Jackdaw - 3
Green Veined White 8
Meadow Brown 3
Gatekeeper 6
Tortoiseshell 1
Small Skipper 2
Red Admiral 1
1 Common Hawker
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7th August - a female/juv Marsh Harrier was seen over Holden Wood Res by Bury Birder Richard Thew - almost certainly the same Andy Young had 2 days later as it was heading south east along the edge of the hill to Musbury I daresay. It must be the same bird I saw on July 21 and Craig had a few days before Andy.
9th August - Kingfisher at Helmshore Textile Museum Pond
14 August - forgot to add 8 Wheatears around Jamestones.
15 August - 1 Green Sandpiper at Holden Wood. Larger bird of prey with 2 Buzzards seen over Irwell where it possibly crosses A56 seen in afternoon - assume it was an Osprey but could not confirm it. 4 Kestrels hunting around highest point of Grane Road.
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16 August - Holden Wood and Troy Quarry trip
Soooooooooooooo many Kestrels everywhere
Holden Wood:-
1 Teal
1 Kingfisher
min 5 Moorhen - incl 3 immatures
a bird I suspected to be a Pied Flycatcher
min 40 Goldfinch
5 Red head Goosander
3 Grey Herons
Heap Clough:-
Crossbill calling as it flew over towards Troy Wood
min 2 Whitethroat - 1 was an immature - first one seen in this area before.
2 Tree Pipit - another first for Heap Clough area.
9 Swift - leisurely heading west - groups of 3 and then a 6!
100 plus Swallows above Deep Clough and hillside above Hutch Bank
min 20 Linnet on the path to Jamestone 1 and then min 60 in fields opposite Duke of Wellington
min 6 Wheatear
min 20 Pied Wagtail around
min 50 Goldfinch
1 Greenfinch too!
quite a few Ravens
lots of Jackdaws
a few Buzzards
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Lots of rain but the water level at Holden Wood is not going up past a certain level. It may get drier end of next week but that is a long way away and it will be tail end of wader passage. Numbers of Mallards and Black-headed Gulls returning with water levels decreasing.
16-08-20 min 200 Starlings in flight probably feeding on Haslingden High Playing Fields.
20-08-20 - 3 Whinchat above Troy - very showy - the best I have ever seen. min 30 Linnet in the area. Juvenile Common Gull at Holden Wood Res - what a stunning and smart bird! 2 Teals at Holden Wood Res. Buzzard juvenile showing well around Ogden res. Min 150 Goldfinch around Holden Wood.
21-08-20 - Highlights - 1 Swift above Ogden Res, Merlin flew Northwards from Ogden and a Hen Harrier flew over the woods at Calf Hey - size looked a female. 60 House Martins above Ogden res, 20 above Jamestones. 10 Sand Martins above Jamestones.
22-08-20 - 1 pale ...white looking wader flew from channel ....it was probably on the water swimming.....inclined to think it was a Phalarope but could not be relocated. It flew down towards the Cormorant roost - not sure if it carried on but could not be seen. Then again I had not noticed it when I was scanning the area from near the metal gate. A Common Sandpiper had flown off from the mud on my arrival. Juvenile Common Gull at Holden Wood Res - 4 species of Gull presentincluding Great Black backed Gulls. 2 Teals at Holden Wood. min 16 Lapwing at Ogden.
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A species that seems to be missed by me in recordings - Collared Dove - I had 4 at the junction of Alden Road and Holcombe Road 19-08-20, looked like a family party. Pairs have been present for most of the summer at a a few places on Holcombe Road, Grane Road and Helmshore Road. There is usually a pair on St Peter's Avenue and at the back of where I live. 1-2 pairs usually around Memorial Gardens, Haslingden too.23-08-20 - 1 female Tufted Duck at Jamestone 2 still.
23-08-20 female Tufted Duck at Jamestone 2 and Moorhen with 2 young at Troy.
24-8-20
Trip around Holden Wood, Heap Clough/Jamestone's and Musbury
Musbury - 3 Stonechat, 4 Kestrels min, and a mixed tit flock
Heap/Jamestone's - 1 Common Sandpiper, 9 Wheatears, 2 Whinchat, 2 Crossbill, 2 Grey Partridge on the Rossendale Way in Deep Clough min 6 Stonechat. The biggest surprise I have ever probably had in Rossendale was when watching 2 Stonechat on the Rossendale Way in Deep Clough and a slightly smaller bird appeared. When I looked I was shocked to see a Lesser Whitethroat out in such an open place like this with little cover except for rushes.
Holden Wood - 1 Wheatear in the Lapwing field was the highlight as now the reservoir is almost full and less birds are using it.
23 August - approx 20 Sand Martins over Jamestones - some family parties
25 August - 1 Swift over Bank Street, Rawtenstall
26 August - trip around Grane - highlight being 7 Swifts over Holden Wood
31 August - approx 150 House Martins and 100 Swallows over Grane Reservoirs. Chiffchaff singing at Holden Wood - a migrant! Kingfisher at Helmshore Textile Museum Lodge.
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Monday 7th Sept - 1 Tree Pipit over A682 at side of Clowbridge. Female Tawny Owl and 1 Little Owl at a site on Lench Road, Waterfoot.
Thursday 10 Sept - 26-30 Pied Wagtails in fields opposite Duke of Wellington, 99 Starlings around Crow Trees, min 200 House Martins over Grane Reservoirs, 1 Whitethroat at Heap Clough car park. female Tawny Owl at Troy. min 10 Robins singing around Troy alone.
Friday 11 September Grane
House Martins and Meadow Pipits on the move. 7500 Meadow Pipits logged at Spurn so clearly some movements going on. Most Meadow Pipits were heading south or following line of hill east
Holden Wood Reservoir and nearby fields:-
Kingfisher - 1
Wren - 9
Chaffinch - 10
Great Tit - 11
Pied Wagtail - 4
Robin - 11
Blue Tit - 9
Dunnock - 2
Woodpigeon - 33
Magpie - 3
Jackdaw - 4
Black-headed Gull - approx 25 flying west
Cormorant - min 10 in roost
Carrion Crow - min 10
Mallard - 12
Long Tailed Tit - min 6
Chiffchaff - 2
House Martin - min 500 in 2 flocks flying circling and moving west, gaining height and then possibly moving south ....lots perched on wires ...The Departure Lounge was brimming with passengers.....no visas and quarantines!!! Fantastic spectacle!
Song Thrush - 1
Swallows - min 150
Meadow Pipit - min 27 - streaming south mainly
Moorhen - 1
Sedge Warbler - 1
Bullfinch - min 1
Greenfinch - 1
Kestrel - 1
Grey Wagtail -
Goldfinch - min 30
Grey Heron - 1
1 Speckled Wood and 2 Small Tortoiseshells were only butterflies seen
Ogden:-
Meadow Pipit - 22
Pied Wagtail - 1
Carrion Crow - 7
Sand Martin - 2
Wren - 2
Mistle Thrush - 14
Chaffinch - 2
Great Black Backed Gull - 4 - 3 adult and 1 immature
Lesser Black Backed Gull - 2
Kestrel - 1
Goldfinch - min 3
Calf Hey Reservoir:-
Nuthatch - 2
Carrion Crow - min 10
Meadow Pipit - min 85 - moving east along hill to Ogden
Wren- 21 - (5 around woods near car park)
Merlin - 1
Goldfinch - min 20
Magpie - min 6
Buzzard - 1
Stonechat - 3
Great Tit - 24 (min 20 at car park feeders)
Kestrel - 1
Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1
Chaffinch - min 28 ( min 20 around car park feeders)
Robin - 12 (6 in car park near feeders)
Treecreeper - 4
Blue Tit - min 26 (min 20 at car park feeders)
Coal Tit - 21 min (min 15 at car park feeders)
Goldcrest - 45 - many feeding on ground or near it (4 around car park)
Long Tailed Tit - 4
Siskin - 4
Mistle Thrush - 1
Great Crested Grebe - 1
Mallard - 1
Grey Wagtail - 4
Pied Wagtail - 4
Blackcap - 1
Woodpigeon - 3 (1 an immature)
Jay - 1
Black-headed Gull - min 30
Greenfinch - approx 10 around feeders at car park incl many juveniles
Heap Clough:-
Kestrel - min 4
Jackdaw- 17
Pied Wagtail - approx 26
Jay - 3
Black-headed Gulls - min 30
Buzzard - 1
Coal Tit - 2
Robin - 6
Wren - 5
Goldcrest - 13
Linnet - min 3
Great Tit - 4
Starling - 3
Blue Tit - 7
Chaffinch - 2
Chiffchaff - 3
Blackbird - 1
Carrion Crow - 13
Magpie - 7
Meadow Pipit - min 40
Woodpigeon - 3
Goldfinch - min 20
Sparrowhawk - 1
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15 Sept min 10 Skylark flying west over Heap Clough. Min 40 Tortoiseshells around Grane. Min 10 Red Admirals and Peacock each. 1 Large White. Min 10 Green Veined White. 1 Comma a Grane first at Holden Wood. 2 Speckled Wood.
17 sept 6 Ring Ouzel at Ogden Reservoir
18 September visit to Grane
Holden Wood
Robin 14
Carrion Crow min 10
Black-headed Gull min 16
Wren - 10
Woodpigeon 11
Chiffchaff 3
Chaffinch 5
House Martin 3
Dunnock 2
Pied Wagtails 6
Bullfinch- 2
Great Tit 4
Grey Wagtail 3
Kingfisher 1
Dipper 1 (being chased by Kingfisher)
Jackdaw 31 and then 32 flying west up valley later
Cormorant 12
Mallard 13
Teal 1
Meadow Pipit min 52
Magpie min 5
Long Tailed Tit min 7
Lapwing 1
Moorhen 4
Kestrel -3
Swallow 3
Grey heron 1
Coal Tit 1
Blue Tit 2
Reed Bunting 3
Common hawker min 2
Stonechat 4
Goldfinch approx. 50
Grasshopper Warbler 1 in ferns below tram track
Cettis Warbler 1 at far end of reservoir, over wooden bridge in rushes along rusty fence bellow Rossendale way
Common Sandpiper 1 - calling as flew over south as waiting for Cettis to appear
Jay 2
Greenfinch 1
Ogden reservoir:-
Grey Wagtail 1
Blue Tit 2
Mistle Thrush 27 approx
Ring Ouzel 5
Carrion crow- 9
Meadow Pipit min 50
Great Tit 3
Kestrel 4
Woodpigeon 13
Linnet 2
Skylark 4
Wren 2
Great Black Backed Gull 2
Buzzard 2
Goldfinch approx. 40
Small warbler near ruins probably Chiffchaff
Pheasant 5
Swift species seen at end of day when coming from Heap Clough moving West
Calf Hey Reservoir -
Carrion Crow min 10
Meadow Pipits min 60
Robin 8
Wren 6
Chaffinch min 15
Goldcrest min 20
Treecreeper
Blue Tit min 10
Great Tit min 15
Coal Tit min 10
Magpie min 7
Siskin 12
Kestrel 3
Mallard 7
Great Crested Grebe 1
Black-headed Gull 6
Pied Wagtail min 10
Grey Wagtail 2
Swallow 14
House Martin 2
Chiffchaff 3
Goldfinch min 60
Greenfinch 3
Jay 1
Bullfinch 2
Long Tailed Tit min 1
Heap Clough
Dunnock 2
Wren 2
Swallow 1
Goldcrest min 10
Jay 3
Starlings 22
Chaffinch 3
Great Tit 1
Chiffchaff 3
Robin 9
Woodpigeon 17
Meadow Pipit min 40
Stock Dove 1
Siskin 3
Carrion Crow min 20
Jackdaw min 5
Black-headed Gull min12-15
Coal Tit 4
Reed Bunting 1
Linnet 4
Kestrel 4
Great Spotted Woodpecker 3
Pied Wagtail 5
Sparrowhawk 2
Magpie 9
A dragonfly that looked very similar to a Black Tailed Skimmer 1
Crossbill -1
Goldfinch approx. 20
Common Hawker 1
Long Tailed Tit min 7
Mistle Thrush 11 - but probably flew across from Ogden
Highlights - approx 45 Mistle Thrush, approx 2 Ring Ouzels, 1 Merlin and 1 Wall Brown butterfly
1 Whitethroat at Ewood Lane. Dozens of Black-headed Gulls, Carrion Crows and Jackdaws at Ewood Bridge Sewage Works.
Monday 21 September
1 Shoveler, 4 Swallows over Holden Wood. 1 Ring Ouzel at Ogden. 7 House Martins and 2 Swallows over Holden Wood in the early evening on a repeat visit.
Tuesday 22 September
1 Pochard Drake - a massive highlight of my Grane trips. It has taken so long to get one!
Thursday 24 September
1 Common Gull at Holden Wood and 23 Pink Footed Geese heading south
Friday 25 September
Shoveler present all week. 1 Common Gull at Holden Wood. Flocks of Long Tailed Tits present at Holden Wood, Calf Hey and Heap Clough - min of 40 in total. 2 Song Thrush at Clough Head
Sunday 3 October 1 Lapland Bunting calling over Jamestones East heading West.Would be a lifer but sadly not seen.Checked xenocanto straight away and call was identical.With Paul Burke who heard it too.1 Skylark too
Monday 4th October 1 Wheatear at Crow Trees
Wednesday 6 October 16 Redwing at heap Clough
Saturday 9 Pale Tussock Caterpillar, 1 Kingfisher and 2 Dipper on River Ogden. A White butterfly on Holcombe Road
Sunday 10 October Small Copper Butterfly, min 13 Crossbills over Crow Trees and a min of 32 Fieldfare heading west there, 2 Linnet Heap Clough and 1 Skylark,Tortoiseshell at Heap Clough and Calf Hey, Red Admiral at Holden Wood Res
Alden 6 Linnet and 2 Collared Dove near farm just below Tors peak
Wednesday 14thMigrant Hawker Dragonfly at Holden Wood
Wednesday and Thursday 14 and 15th min 100 Fieldfare and min 100 Redwing at Heap Clough.
Today - Little Grebe still at Calf Hey, 1 Pink Footed Goose flying from Ogden to Calf Hey alone but then relocated back at Ogden again associating with Canada Geese.
Belated sightings - November 6 - 2 Skylarks over Jamestones
Friday 13th at Grane:-
Highlights yesterday 3 Goldeneye at Calf Hey - new in this week. Coal Tits most numerous Tit around especially around Calf Hey feeders. Water levels dropping at Holden Wood Reservoir again, hopes raising again!!!
24/11/20 - 6 Common Gulls at Holden Wood Res
25/11/20 - 2 Shelduck on Ogden reservoir and 5 Teal on Calf Hey
27/11/20 - 4 Bullfinch at Holden Wood Res
28/11/20 - approx 40 Mallard around Grane Reservoirs - min of 20 at Calf Hey Res, 5 Teal at Calf hey, Paul had Goosander, Goldeneye and Tufted Duck pair at Jamestones
01/12/20 - approx 60 Fieldfare and 40 redwing at Heap Clough, 2 widely spaced Crossbill to Clough Head side from Troy? 1 Snipe at Holden Wood reservoir, 1 Great crested Grebe on Ogden, 10 Teal on Calf Hey,
04/12/20 - walk around Reservoirs and Heap Clough with PaulB - highlight was Common Scoter immature/female at Ogden picked up by Paul. Approx 10 Blackbirds in a flock between Grane Road and Holden Wood, small numbers of Redwing and Fieldfare too, Approx 30 Meadow Pipits at Holden Wood on way back.
09/12/20 - probably 150 Tits around the Grane Valley and 100 around Calf Hey including a big mixed tit flock of 60 consisting of equal numbers of Great, Blue, Coal and Long-Tailed...ie 15 each. some Siskin too . 111 Pink Footed Geese heading west/ south-west over Grane
11/12/20 - approx 50-60 Fieldfare around Heap Clough, 3 Great Black Back Gulls on Ogden - 2 adult and a 3rd-4th year bird, quiet otherwise
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Tuesday 29th most productive - 7 Snipe and 1 Woodcock at Holden Wood, 1 Green Sandpiper calling half way above field bordering Grane Road - 3 species of wader without seeing a Lapwing that day, 3 female Reed Buntings together and another 1
Other highlights this week include 100's of small birds at the Calf hey car park feeders on Thursday - mainly the usual species minus Blue Tit really but Blue Tits were more numerous New Years Day
Lots of hungry Thrushes about - all 5 present in the hawthorn hedgerows of Grane Road, Robins showy too
4 pairs of Stonechats - 1 at Holden Wood, 2 at Ogden and 1 at Jamestones 1
Quite a few Meadow Pipits around but only 1-2 Pied Wagtails
15 Common Gulls on Tuesday 29 at Holden Wood has been the highest count of recent times
END OF THE YEAR , END OF THIS THREAD........HIGHLIGHT OF 2020.........THE EVOCATIVE SOUND OF THE SANDWICH TERNS AT CLOWBRIDGE......
