Thursday 6 September 2012

Erringden suprise


Thick fog first thing put visibility down  to 50 feet,but mipits and swallows were herd and seen coming out of the fog.5 House Martin were the only ones seen all day.As the fog lifted Mipits were grounded all over the moor flying up from every bit of cover.12 wheatear,1 whinchat, 6 skylark,40 Linnets birds seemed to be everywhere.3 ravens flew towards Stoodley Pike soon followed by a buzzard.A snipe was flushed from cover and 2 LBBgulls went s/w.Mipits were in full migration mode with at least 250 s/w,12 pied wags blogging on the moor.
   As I sat down to watch the mipits and swallows head s/w I picked up a bird flying towards me ,it looked like a Kingfisher at first a bit of blue and orange it could'nt be up here.? as the bird got closer it landed in a bit of Hawthorn al called loudly.....A male Nuthatch right in the middle of the moor it only landed and called then flew off North east low over the moor.A real suprise.Must have been moving between valleys.???also had a few  calls which I have left as  maybes two  flava wagtail sp were herd but not seen and a distant wader herd twice which sounded like a redshank.??

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

I experienced this phenomenon in the Wainstalls/Cold Edge area in early 2011. A Nuthatch was in a garden with no substantial woods around for a couple of kilometres at least.

AndyC said...

Thanks Nigel,i know im not going crazy now,,,,,

Brian Sumner . said...

Seen them move over the moor at TMR along with Gt Spotted Wdpeckers in the past, sure look strange!