Sunday, August 26, 2007

Wainstalls - Castle Carr Road

2 Whinchat there this afternoon along with a female Merlin over the moor into Luddenden Dean and 4 Twite near the railway cabins.

3 comments:

BSUMNER said...

Why are Whinchat and Stonechat suddenly so common when up to recently they were so scarce ?

Nick Carter said...

Migrants coming through?

BSUMNER said...

The Whinchats are,most of the Stonechats are breeders. When I started birding I think I was about 3 yr before I got either and then my first Stonechat was at South Stack, Anglesey.