Saturday 14 January 2012

More from the Moors

Wortley Top Forge produced minus 5 degrees temperatures and;- 2 Dippers, 6 Nuthatch and 3 Bramblings amongst the Chaffinches.
Dukes Road area;- 2 Ravens and a Common Buzzard. The pager reported the Rough-legged Buzzard was seen again just outside our area at Agden but a Sheffield birder (Andy Deighton) who had been there most of the afternoon never saw it.
Ewden Height (across the valley from Stone Circle);- 3 Common Buzzards and a ringtail Hen Harrier were over the moor much of the afternoon and a surprise was a Merlin which flew by.
Broomhead;- the woods here were lively with 50+ Coal Tits, a few Crossbills and plenty of Siskin and Lesser Redpolls. A couple of Ravens flew over as dusk approached and the gull roost held 330 GBBGulls, 3 LBBGulls and 400 herring Gulls. A bird crop in fields above the res held 80 Linnets and 80 Chaffinches.
WintersettRes;-The American Wigeon and 'Greenland' White-front are still on the country park lake, 320 Pink-feet flew north-west and a Peregrine was over the park lake in the morning.

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