Friday, November 09, 2007

BTO Atlas Survey

Continued into another Tetrad today which includes part of Castle Carr/Dean Head Res'rs and Fly Flats moorland. Still pretty hard work to cover the various habitats but just about managed a 2 hr stint. Many thanks for the permission of the landowner to go through the estate.

2 Dippers at Dean Head and 60 Fieldfares in the woodland. 2 Twite at Fly Flats (one of them pink ring on left leg) were the highlights, also the number of Reed Buntings about is encouraging especially in moorland grass/juncus habitat. 2 f Goldeneye, 6 Stock Doves, 9 Red Grouse and a Kestrel at Fly Flats.

Outside the tetrad 3 Stonechats, 3 Reed Buntings and 1 Meadow Pipit on Castle Carr Road and 2 f Goldeneye on Cold Edge.

3 comments:

Nick Carter said...

Which tetrads are you doing for your timed counts Dave? mine must be close to yours, I'm doing SE02 I and J

BSUMNER said...

I wonder if the Dipper you got at FF was one of the Dean Head birds ?

David Sutcliffe said...

I am doing SE03 F (Part of Castle Carr and part Fly Flats/Warley Moor) and SE03 K (area W of Ogden -not the res'r but wind farm/Ovenden Moor/Withens and golf course etc. Not sure who but someone else is down for Ogden Res/Soil Hill - is that you Brian?

Maybe the Dipper was from Dean Head Brian although it flew off towards Withens but not appeared at Ogden -yet! Out of interest, one of the Dippers at Dean Head was floating out over quite deep water 10m or so from the banking to dive for food! I have seen this behaviour before but not very often.