Black Redstart comes Local

       Nice to see the Black Redstart so close to home, thanks for a great tip off

       from DS and JL, Linnet, Goldfinch, Blue & Great Tit and House Sparrow

       also seen on a very short spell of birdwatching. 

 

Stonechat Day

  Local Walk today not expecting to see much but

  was quite surprised as it turned out not a bad day,

  started on Hag Lane where Buzzard was heard loudly

 and then later seen but at a distance,Rooks, Wrens, Dunnocks,

 and the regular birds were seen, then up to Ringby Lane,

 10 House Sparrows at bottom of lane, further up the hill were 

 2 Meadow Pipits and 20 yards further on the Stonechats were

 were buzzing about, 2 Sparrowhawks and a Kestrel were getting

 pestered by the crows, right at the top were 6 Linnet and an 

 unidentified, possible linnet but looked Bunting like. 2 Starling 

were also up there, then on the road home just a few Blue Tits.

Bottom Pic is the unidentified

Osprey seen locally

  Took a few trips down to see the Osprey that's been seen 

  locally for the last 3 weeks, what a bird, it was fantastic 

  to watch it Diving and fishing, I was shocked to see it fly 

  about 300 feet up into the air still carrying a fish, I thought it

 would just perch in a tree to eat it. Also seen were 3 Sparrowhawk

 2 of them hunting together, Kingfisher, Buzzards, and 8 Jays.

Wheatear at Soil Hill

 Hard going today looking for wildlife up at Soil Hill,

 very long and wet grass and very quiet but I did come 

 across 2 Wheatear on a fence and then a flock of 20+

 Goldfinch on the thistle, Ned Lane was also quiet but

 found 8 Meadow Pipit on a distant wall and a Wheatear 

 at the end of the track.

Ringby Lane

 Took a trip up to Ringby Lane on Wednesday but 

 not a lot to see, but managed to get a few shots, and 

 bumped into John L while I was up there.

 Meadow Pipit, Skylark, flocks of Goldfinch & Linnet,

 Dunnock, and 8 House Sparrows at bottom of lane which

 I thought were something else at first with having red beaks 

 from eating berries.

Venture to Denholme & Thornton Moor

 

        Some more pics on my ventures out the last couple of days,

        Osprey was the icing on the cake but it was great to see other varieties 

       of birds as well, seeing the Sparrowhawk on a chase was enthralling.

       Flocks of Goldfinch, Linnets, Swallows feeding up to fly back to Africa,

       Grouse & Partridge were seen on the moors, Kestrel, LBB Gull, and some 

       little brown birds but couldn't make out what they were.