Tuesday, August 21, 2007

Wainstalls/Cold Edge/Fly Flatts etc

This afternoon - Cold Edge - 1 Cormorant >W, 5 Wheatear, 2 Grey Partridge and 3 Stonechats.

Fly Flatts - c14 Twite on and off at the feeding station. Peregrine over and 2 Wheatear around the res'r.

High Brown Knoll - 6 Red Grouse.

Castle Carr Road - c28 Twite in the field after the old railway cabins and also on the roadside verges. 1 Wheatear also there and c20 Meadow Pipit .

Luddenden Dean - 2 Kestrel and 2 Green Woodpeckers near the lower lodge

5 comments:

BSUMNER said...

Good to see Twite getting back onto the reports.
Was the cormorant at C.E.D. a fly over or landed ?

BSUMNER said...

Cancel that last question Dave, Ive just seen you put >W for the Cormorant, must get these eyes sorted out.

Nick Carter said...

I agree but where have the twite come from? I gather from observers and ringers that there are a lot of young birds amongst them (very good news) but local observers that have had chance to get out are reporting no breeding birds at many sites.

BSUMNER said...

Well they,re certainly not from round Fly Flatts area,Ive scoured the whole area and moorland this time with no breeding pairs.

Nick Carter said...

Tim Walker had approx 80 birds at Derby Delph yesterday.