Species 58 and nocturnal flight calls

3 Cormorants flew over the house this morning which makes 58 species so far in and over Northowram since 1 st Jan .....I am sure I will post them all soon as there is little else to do,,,will wait till I hit 60''''''The latest thing on the  Trektellen website is everyone recording overnight to see what flys over at night , its amazing what goes over...and there are little sound recordings you can listen to.....I went out last night and low and behold 3 mallards flew over calling......

London M25

Had to make a dash to Heathrow Airport overnight to pick up the trouble and strife (last plane out of Cuba) On the M25  flying over there were 6 Red Kite , 1 tawny owl and a Little Egret........

Red Kite....LOCKDOWN

Red kite

2 Buzzards

One Red Kite  flew high over the house this morning at 7.50...poor shots but its a kite for sure..Also 1 Sand Martin , 1 Grey Wagtail , 2 Linnets , 2 Buzzards most of the day , Good move of Meadow Pipits and Woodpigeons,,,,A GBBGull was a bonus this afternoon...............

Cromwell

Had a quick dash round today , 1 Whooper Swan was a nice find for this site ,3 Chiffchaffs , Buzzard , Bullfinch ,  and 1 Mute Swan

Last couple of days......and more Whooper Swans...

A couple of Chiffchaffs at Cromwell and a calling Water Rail , one Wheatear , 3 Curlew and 100's of Common Gulls on JAy House lane , Buzzard , Sparrowhawk and Kestrel showing very well at Northowram and 2 Ring Ouzel at Fly.........My First butterfly of the year was a Small Toertoiseshell
Ringstone held 2 Great Crested grebe and a male Goldeneye....Great Crested Grebe at Cromwell Bottom ...25 Whooper Swans over this morning was another good number making 407 in the last 10 years...not bad.......they ended up on Lower Gorple mid afternoon.....pic and info from Gary Waddington..thanks Gary

Gorple to Widdop

                                                  Scarred by the Gamekeepers

                                                    Upper Gorple

                                                       Lower Gorple

                                                                     Rocking Pig

                                                             Widdop

                                                  Lower and Middle Walshaw.....

Gorple x 2 and Widdop

Walked from the car park at Clough foot today past lower Gorple and to the first corner of Upper Gorple , up the hill to Gorple Stones at 467m then down to the Rocking Pig across Widdop res and back to the car park about 4.4 miles....100s of Fieldfare at Lower Gorple with 10 Siskin , 4 drumming Snipe , 2 Whoopers on Widdop (photo GW thanks) and a pair of Ravens here.....loads of  very vocal Red Grouse.......Wren , Reed Bunting , Meadow Pipits and Skylarks  in good voice ....

Buzzards

This was taken from my front room through the window...very close...

3 x 3

3 Skylarks in the fields today along with 3 Meadow Pipit , 3 Linnet , 3 Stock Doves and 3 Starlings !!! ..1 Common Buzzard , 2 Cole tit , 2 LTTits in the long hedge and 1 Small Tortoiseshell in the garden..

Stonechat (2)

So glad I managed to get a photo of this one ,,,18 Pinks over as well and a Yellow Horned from the craggs the other night

Stonechat

The first sign of spring migration today with a beautiful male Stonechat on the wall of the cricket pitch,,a beauty , The pair of Nuthatch are back and the woods were full of calls today..,,,one Skylark over the house this morning and one over thee road at Shelf  trailer park....

Whoopers

Just managed to get to Ogden to see the Whoopers before they headed off..A quick look at Walshaw plantation saw a flock of apox 100 mixed Brambling , Siskin , Goldfinch , Chaffinch , Cole Tit and Robins..Also in the area Raven , Buzzard (4) , Lapwing (100+) Curlew 40 + ,17 Oystercatcher ,1 Stonechat , Grey Wag , Pied Wag , 10 Golden Plover. and displaying Stock Dove...

Magna Via

A 5 mile round trip this morning down Chelsea Valley ,up the Magna Via to Beacon Hill back down through Shibden Park and up the Hough.........A Barn Owl in Chelsea Valley was the highlight of the day and 116 Pinks over Beacon Hill was a treat as they were all calling as they flew over very high...4 Song Thrush singing , 2 Bullfinch and a couple of Nuthatch...

Back on the tops at last....and local round up

It was cold and very windy but no rain and the sun was out.....up to 200 Curlew , 20 Fieldfare ,3 Chaffinch , 2 Pied Wagtail , Highlander drifted in low and and went into roost , 7 Oystercatcher , 150 + lapwing , 1 juv female HH flew around for a while  but the cold got the better of me and headed off before dusk...........
 A couple of Song Thrush have been singing this week and the local Buzzards have been up displaying when the snow and rain have cleared.Two Tawny Owls have been hooting from different sides of the valley but i am sure there are 3 which I hope to confirm when the weather warms up a bit...Stock Doves and Woodpigeons have been displaying and the local male Sparrowhawk  was seen carrying prey this morning.........