Blackstone Edge Res..

 Still looking good for a wader , with great shoreline , 5 LRPs were on the shoreline yesterday , 2 sets of Mallard Chicks and a handful of Canada geese. Plenty Pied Wagtails and Meadow Pipits . 3 Wheatear were on the far banking and as I got the scope on them a Black Redstart popped into view its brick red tail catching the sun as it flew , no sooner than I had seen it  2 dogs flushed it into cover....It took me a good half hour to re-locate it and as soon I got the camera out it vanished again and I did not see it again..Luckily it was seen by others but no decent pics yet ,  its still there today....One Stonechat as well.

A male Black Red for sure , but did'nt get enough on it age it correctly..

Middle Walshaw Dean and a bit of luck

Busy with Willow Warblers 15 + , Stonechats 10 +  Greenfinch  10 + , Spotted Flycatcher 4 , juv Song Thrush , Chiff-chaff 2 , juv fem Peregrine hunting the moor , 8 + Kestrel , SEO x 2 , 50 + Goldfinch , 6 Linnet , Oycks and Pied Wagtails.. 
  I bumped into Phil Dyson today and had a look round Scammonden whilst driving up the road a Redstart flew in front of the car , we both shouted REDSTART , stopped the car... 2 Spot fly , loads of Willow Warbler , Whitethroat and eventually tracked the Redstart down,,,,,

late July 2025

 A Black -tailed Godwit was a good one to catch up with at Ringstone and a lot of Willow Warblers about. 

A Common Scoter at Ringstone today was the only bird of note as the shooters were blasting Woodpigeons in the top field. Another Common Scoter at Dean Head was a surprise along with Little Grebe , 35 Lapwing , 2 Golden Plover , a couple of Sedge Warblers showed very well , 14 Mistle Thrush , 4 Bullfinch , 10 +Willow Warblers , Stonechats , Mipits and Reed Buntings had a real autumn feel to it.

2 Greenshank , 6 LRP , 2 juv Wheatear , 3 Common Sand and s few BH gulls at Blackstone Edge,,

Anderby Creek

 

                                                        Dunlin , Ruff and Pectoral Sandpiper

 An excellent evening at Anderby Creek Lincs , Ruff x 4 , Green Sands x 5 , Dunlin 15 , Wood Sand x 1 , LRP x 3 , RP x 2 , Avocet , Marsh Harrier , Knot x 4 , Curlew x 6 , Pec Sand x 1 , Black -tailed Godwit 30+ , + Sedge , Reed , Lesser W , Whitethroat nad Cetti's Warblers....

Red Kite

Peregrine

                                                                  Marsh Harrier