Swales Moor

I received a call mid-morning regarding a finch flock of 20+ which PS had just seen (possibly Linnets) near the top field but he had not been able to get a positive identification on them. Later on I got a call from NK who was up there with DP confirming there were 33 Linnet on the site along with 3 Twite (including at least 1 colour ringed individual).

With apologies to grapevine members for my error in location which I put out as Soil Hill instead of Swales Moor!!

It is unusual to get a Linnet flock in mid-winter as they are usually summer visitors/spring and autumn migrants so this is a really good find for Calderdale. Well done.