Friday, 29 May 2020

Friday 29th May 2020

Spotted Flycatcher
A female Spotted Flycatcher comfortably sitting on her nest                 photo: Roger Nelson

Fly Flatts (Warley Moor Reservoir)
Waders on the reservoir - Two Snipe, four Dunlin, five Ringed Plover, two Oystercatcher, seven Common Sandpiper and four Redshank.
Common Snipe at Fly Flatts
Report and photo:  Brian Sumner               see more on Brian's blog

Glorious Glovershaw in spring - A selection of photos by Phil Matthews taken on 27th May.





Breeding birds: Curlew, Meadow Pipit, Willow Warbler, Little Owl, Common Whitethroat
photos: Phil Matthews
Harden Moor
A Tawny Owl on Harden Moor.  There was also a pair of Common Whitethroats feeding young.
Alan Buckley

Knotford Nook
A pair of Oystercatcher with two chicks, a Wren with six recently fledged young, up to three pairs of Tufted Duck with one pair having what appeared to be four well-grown young and a pair of Great Crested Grebes.
Phil Matthews