Sunday, 30 August 2015

Nature Diary

3 brown hares in the field at the back.
Kestrels, Red Grouse, Mallards, Goldfinches, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Juvenile Robin, Swallows, Starlings, Chaffinches, Dunnock, Blackbird, mouse, Pheasants,
Kingfishers (at Crook O'Lune, near bridge)
Kestrels near Cobble Hey
Pair of Buzzards
Partridge (up lane)
Jay (near school)
Garden Warbler, Willow Warbler
Stoat (near gate at end of lane)

Friday, 24 July 2015

Nature Diary

Heron by pond, swallows and sparrows, pheasants, plenty of farm animals.
Highlight of the week - kingfisher at Scorton Picnic Area!

Thank you to the Eade family for making a note of these sightings.

Tuesday, 30 June 2015

Nature Diary

Wren, robin, junior goldfinch, curlews in field and overhead,lapwings - flock flew over garden.
Heron by the millpond, mallards and moorhens.
Swallows and swifts.
Pheasants, squirrel on the lane to Calder Vale.
Hares in field.
Hens and ducks in the farmyard!

Thank you to the Moore family for making a note of these sightings.

Monday, 22 June 2015

Nature Diary

2 jays in field nearby, blue tits at the feeding station at the cottage, heron in evening sky, stoat running across road nearby, 
5 curlews, 6 lapwings, 4 hares, numerous house sparrows, lots of cows and sheep.
Pheasant, swallows, robin, wren, squirrels, mallards.

Thank you to Robert & Diane Payne for making a note of these sightings.

Wednesday, 6 May 2015

Bird hide sightings

Lapwings 30+, curlew 4, rooks 20, swallow, kestrel, partridge, hares, snipe, pheasant, geese (flying past) 20, pipits