Local birding: Glaucous Gull - 4th March 2008.
A 1stw Glaucous Gull gave distant views in fields north of the M65, east of jcn3, west of Stanworth Reservoir, amongst 400+ Lesser Black-backed Gulls and much smaller numbers of Herring and GBB Gulls from at least my arrival at 11:50 - c15:00, later roosting at Fishmoor Reservoir.
Bill Berry just missed it at Withnell but was more than compensated with a Barn Owl quartering the perimeter of the tip at 15:30. Several Buzzards could be seen soaring around midday by scanning to the NW and North of the site between Hoghton Tower and Pleasington.
A Thirty minute search for the Tockholes Great Grey Shrike, last reported almost two weeks ago, again drew a blank, but what a good site the area around Cartridge Hill is for Raven, with a pair giving great flight views early - mid pm.
Blog entry for recent Hungary trip now uploaded, either scroll down to view or click here.
Bill Berry just missed it at Withnell but was more than compensated with a Barn Owl quartering the perimeter of the tip at 15:30. Several Buzzards could be seen soaring around midday by scanning to the NW and North of the site between Hoghton Tower and Pleasington.A Thirty minute search for the Tockholes Great Grey Shrike, last reported almost two weeks ago, again drew a blank, but what a good site the area around Cartridge Hill is for Raven, with a pair giving great flight views early - mid pm.
Blog entry for recent Hungary trip now uploaded, either scroll down to view or click here.
posted by Bill Aspin at 8:52 pm
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