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| Siskin |
Saturday, 31 December 2011
Siskin on the garden feeder
All quiet at the moment but a few Siskin have started to visit the garden feeder.
Tuesday, 27 December 2011
Great Grey Shrike - Farley Moor
The Farley bird reappeared today and it sound like the bird was also present at Wragg's Quarry so it confirms the two bird theory.
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| Great Grey Shrike |
Brambling Bent Lane
Still struggling to get a decent photo although I think the flock is now over 400.
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| Brambling |
Common Buzzard
At least 5 Common Buzzard over the house today, nice to see some blue sky!
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| Common Buzzard |
Thursday, 22 December 2011
Brown Rat - Whitworth Park
Not everyone's favourite but James came across this Brown Rat in the Whitworth Park this afternoon.
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| Brown Rat |
More moths
The mild temperature last night (max 11 min 8) produced good moth numbers - for December
8 December Moths
6 Mottled Umber
1 Scarce Umber
1 Chestnut
8 December Moths
6 Mottled Umber
1 Scarce Umber
1 Chestnut
Sunday, 18 December 2011
Pink-footed Geese - Beeley Moor
It was snowing hard early this morning with patches of low cloud, A skein of about 200 Pink-footed Geese emerged from the mist calling loudly but just as quickly disappeared heading towards the Lincolnshire coast.
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| Pink-footed Geese |
Friday, 16 December 2011
Kingfisher - Whitworth Park, Darley Dale
Came across this Kingfisher on the pond at the Whitworth, always a great bird to see. Hopefully it will stay around for a while.
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| Kingfisher |
Grey Partridge - Beeley Moor
A covey of 6 Grey Partridge on the edge of Beeley Moor showed well this morning.
The Grey Partridge has suffered a massive decline in the last decade so it was great to see this group happily feeding (photo James Butler).
The Grey Partridge has suffered a massive decline in the last decade so it was great to see this group happily feeding (photo James Butler).
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| Grey Partridge |
Saturday, 10 December 2011
Monday, 5 December 2011
First snow of the winter
First of the winter snow last night continued on and off during the day. There was a good 2 inches on Beeley Moor but not much in the valleys. No birds but it looked good.
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| Beeley Moor in the snow |
Friday, 2 December 2011
Grey Heron - Chatsworth
Flying out of the shadows in to the sunlight, this photo was taken by my son James.
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| Grey Heron |
Still a few moths flying
Despite a maximum temperature of 4 Centigrade and a minimum close to zero there are still a few moths around and I caught two Mottled Umber, Winter Moth and 2 Chestnut last night.
The Winter Moth shows the darker hind wing which is a useful feature to separate it from the Northern Winter Moths taken earlier in November.
The Winter Moth shows the darker hind wing which is a useful feature to separate it from the Northern Winter Moths taken earlier in November.
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| Winter Moth |