Posted in Uncategorized, tagged birds, crookes valley park, owls, sheffield on April 22, 2008 | No Comments »
This lunch time, I got a phone call from my friend Chris who works in an office overlooking Crookes Valley Park - there was a tawny owl in plain view roosting in a tree. I ran down, and got good views, using one of Chris’s colleague’s offices as a hide. A nice, unexpected lunchtime twitch!
This [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged birds, loxley valley, my patch, owls, sheffield, spring on April 15, 2008 | No Comments »
A quick walk straight up to Old Wheel Farm for a quick look out tonight. Two little owls, presumably a pair, were sat on opposite walls either side of a field, and my first patch swallows of the year - two skimming the water at Old Wheel Dam - were a welcome sight.
Other than that, there [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged barnsley, birds, old moor, owls, reserves, rspb, spring on April 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Finally got some migrants today, but I cheated by going to Old Moor. Almost instantly I got willow warbler on the Trans Pennine Trail near the reserve, at exactly the same spot as I first saw one last year. Other highlights from that path included a pair of bullfinches, a sparrowhawk, several chiffchaff and a [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged birds, loxley valley, my patch, owls, sheffield, spring on April 8, 2008 | No Comments »
I must admit I’ve been a bit uninspired by my birding prowess over the last month - since I reached 100 species at Windy Corner at the beginning of March, I’ve only managed to add chiffchaff to my yearlist, through a mixture of poor weather, not getting out as much as I’d have liked, elusive [...]
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