Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Castle Carr Road / Luddenden Dean

At least 3 male Ring Ouzels still in the area by the broken down cabins along C C Road this afternoon along with 4 Wheatears
2 pairs of Little Owls nearby and a Cuckoo singing and showing well in the Dean near 'The Nunnery'
1 Sparrowhawk
4+ Kestrels
A few Willow Warblers
1 Nuthatch
Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming
Just one Linnet flyover
A few Swallows about on territory
Also a good number of Small Tortoiseshell, c10 Peacock and 2 Green Viened White butterfly's

6 Ring Ouzels Castle Carr Road again near the cabins late afternoon. KL and PL
Don't try driving on there tomorrow - resurfacing!!!
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3 comments:

Brian Sumner . said...

Best year for a long time for Ring Ouzel

8:17 pm
Muxy said...

Raced up after getting home from work at 8pm and got 3 (1m, 2f) in the gulley below the cabins. Managed to get a record short (these really are record shots!) of each type in fading light at 8.15. Thrilled as I haven't had any Ring Ouzels for a few years and never a photo. Plent of other wildlife about including Little Owl, Lapwings, Curlew and plenty of Mipits. Also a couple of Blackbirds which made things tricky but the calls helped massively until you got good views. Thanks everyone for the tip off.

9:07 pm
David Sutcliffe said...

Glad you got them Muxy. Special birds for us though they just seem to move through nowadays rather than staying for the summer.

9:54 pm

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