Thursday, September 04, 2008

Luddenden Dean


Unfortunately this is the best I could do in the drizzle when an Osprey went over Upper Heys Wood this afternoon at 12.50. It circled higher and flew off over Midgley Moor at 12.53.
We had lots of birds in the dean today (38 species) including;
2 Spotted Flycatchers on the heather/rowan banking at Dry Carr
1 Peregrine (juv)
1 female Sparrowhawk
100 + Swallows and c80 House Martins moving through
1 flock of 80+ Meadow Pipits
1 Wheatear
1 Stonechat
30 + Siskin in Heys Wood and 14 Linnets nearby
1 Little Owl

1 comment:

Matt Bell said...

38 species in one area is quite a count!