The RSPB is appealing for information following the discovery of the body of a hen harrier found to have been shot and the suspicious disappearances of two young satellite tagged hen harriers. A member of the public found the dead female bird on a grou…
Saturday Birds.
Redwing. Howard Stockdale.I was grateful for some images from Howard. He decided to add a seasonal message to the Redwing he saw in the frosted grass on Moss Lane recently. Clik the pik, it’s bigger and better if you do.I just wanted to do a circuit of…
Mister Goldfinch
I’ve not been out much this last week, mainly because of the dreadful weather. A couple of trips out proved fruitless in the way of birding, ringing or photographs. Andy and Sandra have just returned from sunny Morocco. I’m hoping they brought back su…
Frosty Mornings
Over the past week we’ve had a number of frosty mornings, which has lead to some glorious weather to be out and about in. I apologise for a lack of Blog postings (again) over the last week – ten days, but I have been a busy, busy boy! It’s been outdoor…
Bearded Tit Update
The gritting season is now almost over . To date we have recorded 153 sghtings of colour ringed birds mostly on the grit trays In total we have identified 27 adult males(five more than in 2018) and 14 adult females. We have two male…
The Grebes Have It.
But first….The Conder Green wintering Common Sandpiper, not seen for 2 months now since 3 October, is almost certainly the bird seen upstream on the River Lune at Golden Ball/Marsh Point on 16 November and 1 December.A couple of ‘grebe’ pea…
Third Time Lucky.
At Conder Green, 9 Little Grebe seen as six in the creeks and three on Conder Pool were there was 14 Wigeon and little else. On the coastal path 6 Chaffinch were of note.There was good numbers of Fieldfare in the berry laden hedges along Moss Lane…
Thrush Time
There was a heavy frost this morning with the temperature at minus 4C when I cleared the car windows but then struggled to open the frozen solid doors. At those temperatures I decided to give ringing a miss but stopped at Gulf Lane on the corner o…
Watching And Waiting With Nothing To Eat
The last week has been another waiting game. Watching the weather forecast and waiting for the one day to come along that might allow a spot of ringing. Today was that day and although not ideal, a predicted 8mph meant a visit to Gulf Lane for Projec…
The Full Page….Well Almost!
The page was almost filled in the little black book yesterday. Starting with calling at Conder Green about 30 minutes before the high tide, when a smart adult Mediterranean Gull dropped in with the Black-headed Gulls to make a …