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Peacock 32 Bank Top barrier to NE shed Meadow Brown 15, Small Copper 1 Blue Bridge.

26/07/2013 Robert Broch. 3 Marsh Harrier male, juvenile and female, 2 Turtle Dove heard Green Belt and one wires near colliery 1 Common Kingfisher colliery dike, 1 Grasshopper Warbler.

26/07/2013 Bryan Wainwright. 3 Greylag Goose, 12 Eurasian Teal, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Eurasian Sparrowhawk male on limestone road, 3 Common Kestrel mobbed Peregrine briefly, 2 Hobby, 1 Peregrine Falcon adult male stood in water W side to lower chest cooling for while then flew and tangled with Kestrels then E, 61 Northern Lapwing W side, 12 Common Snipe W side, 2 Common Redshank W side, 1 Black-headed Gull, 1 Little Owl Top House Farm, 8 Common Swift, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Magpie, 2 Carrion Crow, 1 Great Tit, 1 Coal Tit Will Pits, 1 Willow Tit Will Pits calling in willows, 20 Barn Swallow, 9 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Common Chiffchaff, 4 Willow Warbler, 2 Blackcap, 4 Common Whitethroat, 2 Grasshopper Warbler, 4 Sedge Warbler, 1 Reed Warbler, 1 Eurasian Treecreeper calling Will Pits, 1 Wren, 2 Blackbird, 2 Common Stonechat immatures Green Belt, 3 Meadow Pipit, 10 Common Chaffinch, 3 Goldfinch, 4 Linnet, 4 Bullfinch, 2 Yellowhammer, 2 Reed Bunting. Also 2 Roe Deer and lots of Rabbits Will Pits. Few Black-tailed Skimmers about. 

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Garden Bee Bombus hortorum (Bryan Wainwright 2013). 

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Young chaser spp. (Bryan Wainwright 2013). 

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Garden Bee Bombus hortorum (Bryan Wainwright 2013). 

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Garden Bee Bombus hortorum (Bryan Wainwright 2013). 

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7 Spot Ladybug Coccinella 7-punctata (Bryan Wainwright 2013). 

25/07/2013 Bryan Wainwright. 2 Grey Heron down W side floods, 1 Marsh Harrier cream-crown, 1 Eurasian Sparrowhawk, 1 Common Buzzard, 1 Hobby, 2 Moorhen, 54 Northern Lapwing down W side floods inc. at least 1 young, 12 Common Snipe down W side floods, 2 Sky Lark young Fison's Road N, 46 Barn Swallow inc. young Swinefleet gate, 2 House Martin, 2 Common Chiffchaff, 3 Grasshopper Warbler, 1 Sedge Warbler, 1 Reed Warbler, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 3 Pied Wagtail, 2 Meadow Pipit, 2 Goldfinch, 3 Linnet, 2 Bullfinch, 3 Yellowhammer. Also American Mink E-W bit Fison's limestone road, 4 Roe Deer, 9 Red Deer (2 males) Will Pits.

10/07/2013 Peter Middleton. 53 Nightjar by annual nightjar survey team, a record count for Thorne Moors.

07/07/2013 Paul Adams, Peter Hinks, Brian Smith, Mark Smith (late records so out of place). 3 Hobby Middle Moor, 15 Northern Lapwing N over Middle Moor.

03/07/2013 Peter Hinks, Simone Maw (late records so out of place). 1 Marsh Harrier female Goole Moor, 1 Hobby Goole Moor, 50 Common Swift over Will Pits, 4 Yellow Wagtail. Also 7 Red Deer fields N of Crowle Moor, 1 Will Pits Tram and Rabbits Will Pits.

23/06/2013 Peter Hinks, Brian Smith, Mark Smith (late records so out of place). 2 Great Crested Grebe Will Pits Scrape, 1 Marsh Harrier cream-crown Will Pits Scrape, 1 Common Cuckoo, 4 Yellow Wagtail, 4 Linnet. Also 3 female Red Deer Cottage Dike, Bank Vole Bank Top N end and Rabbits.

24/07/2013 Bev Baxter, Lucie Bernardova, Adrian Noblet, Bryan Wainwright. Birds ringed Creyke''s. 16 Greylag Goose, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Common Redshank, 6 Common Swift, 1 Great Tit ringed, 2 Barn Swallow, 1 Common Chiffchaff ringed, 17 Willow Warbler ringed, 2 Blackcap ringed, 2 Garden Warbler ringed, 4 Common Whitethroat ringed, 2 Reed Warbler ringed, 1 Wren ringed, 1 Blackbird ringed, 2 Robin ringed, 2 Meadow Pipit, 2 Common Chaffinch, 1 Goldfinch, 6 Linnet, 1 Bullfinch, 1 Yellowhammer.

22/07/2013 Steve Hiner (Natural England) 1 Marsh Harrier female floods, 1 Eurasian Sparrowhawk male Canals, 2 Common Buzzard Green Belt, 2 Common Kestrel female and immature Will Pits Scrape, 2 Willow Tit Canal 1. Also 1 Roe Deer female Bank Top Barrier to NNR shed, 1 Fox Creyke''s, Common Lizard NE shed, Grass Snake W edge of Green Belt. 9 Ringlet, 3 Gatekeeper on 1 Ragwort Creyke''s Gate (16 Ringlet, 11 Gatekeeper in total on Ragwort at gate), 200+ Large Skipper Green Belt, 100+ Bank Top, female Black-tailed Skimmer Green Belt.

21/07/2013 Bryan Wainwright. 1 Mute Swan N over Will Pits, 62 Greylag Goose, 22 Eurasian Teal, 22 Mallard, 2 Marsh Harrier 2 cream-crowns floods, 2 Eurasian Sparrowhawk male on road and female with prey Will Pits to Crowle Moor, 1 Common Buzzard, 1 Water Rail Will Pits Scrape, 27 Northern Lapwing, 1 Greenshank, 3 Black-headed Gull, 1 Collared Dove, 1 Little Owl Top House Farm on shed, 60 Common Swift, 3 Sky Lark, 10 Sand Martin, 8 Barn Swallow, 6 House Martin, 2 Blackcap, 2 Common Whitethroat, 2 Grasshopper Warbler, 4 Sedge Warbler, 1 Reed Warbler, 2 Wren, 3 Pied Wagtail, 8 Meadow Pipit, 8 Linnet, 4 Reed Bunting. Also 9 Roe Deer (1 half grown Will Pits), 1 Hare.

18/07/2013 Bryan Wainwright colliery area and Canals. 1 Common Pheasant, 1 Common Buzzard, 2 Common Kestrel, 2 Hobby, 1 Common Gull, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 10 Black-headed Gull, 6 Stock Dove, 18 Wood Pigeon, 16 Common Swift, 3 Magpie, 4 Eurasian Jay, 4 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 1 Willow Tit calling metal entrance bridge Bell''s, 2 Sky Lark, 5 Barn Swallow, 2 House Martin, 6 Willow Warbler, 3 Blackcap, 22 Common Whitethroat, 2 Grasshopper Warbler, 4 Reed Warbler, 11 Wren, 7 Blackbird, 3 Song Thrush, 2 Mistle Thrush, 1 Robin, 5 Dunnock, 3 Pied Wagtail, 1 Meadow Pipit, 2 Common Chaffinch, 18 Goldfinch, 8 Linnet, 3 Bullfinch, 3 Yellowhammer, 5 Reed Bunting. Also a Roe Deer. Insects included (besides ones in photos)Bombus subterraneus, Aeshna cyanae, Pyrrhosoma nymphula, Strangalia quadrifasciata

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Bombus lapidarius (Bryan Wainwright 2013). 

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Bladder Campion Silene vulgaris (Bryan Wainwright 2013). 

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Green Lestes Lestes sponsa (Bryan Wainwright 2013). 

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Tachina grossa (Bryan Wainwright 2013). 

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Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria (Bryan Wainwright 2013). 

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Greater Yellow Rattle Rhinanthus angustifolius (Bryan Wainwright 2013). 

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Large Skipper Ochlodes venata (Bryan Wainwright 2013). 

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Meadow Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus (Bryan Wainwright 2013). 

18/07/2013 Bryan Wainwright colliery area and Inkle Moor. 1 Grey Heron immature from Chadwick''s Field, 1 Marsh Harrier cream-crown, 1 Common Buzzard, 1 Common Kestrel, 3 Moorhen, 1 Little Ringed Plover on concrete of former colliery buildings calling, 1 Eurasian Curlew heard, 2 Stock Dove, 6 Wood Pigeon, 5 Turtle Dove at least, with 3 purring and 2 others seen, 30 Common Swift, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Magpie, 4 Carrion Crow, 1 Great Tit, 1 Willow Tit heard in willows flat tip, 1 Sky Lark, 7 Barn Swallow, 4 House Martin, 3 Common Chiffchaff, 3 Willow Warbler, 4 Common Whitethroat, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 3 Reed Warbler, 1 Wren, 1 Blackbird, 2 Song Thrush 1 was a young bird, 1 Robin, 5 Pied Wagtail inc. a family of 4 with young being fed, 3 Common Chaffinch, 6 Goldfinch, 2 Linnet, 3 Bullfinch, 4 Yellowhammer. Also 1 male Roe Deer in fields, 1 large Toad in scrape Chadwick''s Field. Lots of Gatekeepers and Meadow Browns. The Cuckoo Bee Psithyrus vestalis was met with around the base of the colliery spoil mound. Around 30 Pyramidal Orchids found colliery area (see photos). 

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Pyramidal Orchid Anacamptis pyramidalis (Bryan Wainwright 2013). 

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Pyramidal Orchid Anacamptis pyramidalis (Bryan Wainwright 2013). 


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Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula (Peter Wainwright 2013). 

16/07/2013 Steve Hiner (Natural England) 1 Marsh Harrier female floods. Also 1 Broad-bodied Chaser male NE shed.

16/07/2013 Bryan Wainwright, Helen Kirk (in part). 1 Hobby, 2 Moorhen, 27 Northern Lapwing, 1 Common Redshank, 7 Black-headed Gull, 2 Stock Dove, 8 Common Swift, 1 Eurasian Jay, 2 Willow Tit calling in willow bushes WPS at SWD, 2 Sky Lark, 1 Barn Swallow, 1 House Martin, 1 Common Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 2 Garden Warbler, 2 Common Whitethroat, 2 Sedge Warbler, 1 Wren, 2 Pied Wagtail, 1 Goldfinch, 29 Linnet, 1 Yellowhammer. Also Large Heaths and 1 Gatekeeper.

15/07/2013 Steve Hiner (Natural England) 1 Marsh Harrier female floods, 1 Northern Lapwing PBM, 2 Eurasian Jay. Also 1 Roe Deer female Limestone road junction with Paraffin track, 1 Brown Hare Goole Moor Tram.

12/07/2013 Steve Hiner (Natural England) 1 Marsh Harrier female & 3 immatures (one on road floods, 2 Turtle Dove N end Bank Top, 100+ Common Swift, 27 Barn Swallow W side moors. Also Roe Deer female & 2 fawns Bank Top barrier to NE shed.

11/07/2013 Steve Hiner (Natural England), Dan Burnand, Brad Carpenter 1 Common Kestrel, 2 Little Owl young bird Top House Farm. 1 Common Chiffchaff NE shed, 1 Blackcap NE shed. Also 1 Common Hawker Elmhirst Tram.

11/07/2013 Tom Lowe. 1 SPOTTED CRAKE few burst of possibly this species 22.30 Goole Moor end Swinefleet Warping Drain, 1 European Nightjar male E end Goole Moor.

10/07/2013 Tom Lowe. 4 Marsh Harrier male Goole Fields and female with 2 recently fledged young Goole Moor, 4 Common Tern high N along Swinefleet Warping Drain morning.

11/07/2013 Bev, Baxter, Rob Adams, Bryan Wainwright, Lucie Bernardova. Birds ringed Creyke''s. 1 Mute Swan over going E, 1 Mallard with 8 young W sied floods, 1 Grey Partridge Top House Farm, 1 Marsh Harrier distant cream-crown, 2 Common Kestrel, 1 Hobby, 38 Northern Lapwing, 10 Black-headed Gull, 8 Common Swift, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Sky Lark, 1 Blue Tit ringed, 8 Barn Swallow, 12 Willow Warbler ringed, 3 Blackcap ringed, 

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Blackcap (Bryan Wainwright 2013). 

3 Garden Warbler ringed, 

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Garden Warbler (Bryan Wainwright 2013). 

1 Common Whitethroat ringed, 3 Wren ringed, 1 Robin ringed, 1 Tree Sparrow, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Meadow Pipit, 10 Linnet, 2 Yellowhammer, 4 Reed Bunting. Also 3 Roe Deer, 1 Grass Snake Bank Top N end.

09/07/2013 Steve Hiner (Natural England) 1 Common Kestrel, 1 Hobby, 2 Willow Tit with 3 young NE shed, 1 Blackcap NE shed.

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Small Skipper Thymelicus sylvestris (Steve Hiner 2013). 

Also 1 Adder female crossing wood chip path Green Belt SE715163.

09/07/2013 Bryan Wainwright. 1 Hobby, 29 Northern Lapwing, 1 Common Cuckoo, 5 Barn Swallow, 2 Yellow Wagtail.

08/07/2013 Ron Moat night. 3 European Nightjar near Creyke''s.

08/07/2013 Robert Dawson. 2 Marsh Harrier male colliery area, juvenile Middle Moor, 1 Common Buzzard Middle Moor, 2 Hobby at least adult and juvenile, 1 Common Snipe Mill Drain Marsh, 2 Turtle Dove Green Belt, 2 Common Cuckoo.

08/07/2013 Steve Hiner (Natural England) 2 Eurasian Teal W side floods, 2 Marsh Harrier male to female food pass over floods. 1 Common Buzzard floods, 1 Common Kestrel W side, 2 Common Cuckoo NE shed, 1 Common Chiffchaff NE shed, 1 Linnet female & 2 young floods. Also 1 Fox Creykes, 1 Roe Deer female & 1 fawn Limestone road junction with Paraffin track, 1 Brown Hare W end of Goole Moor Tram. 

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gravid Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara (Steve Hiner 2013). 


Common Lizard (gravid) wood pile NE shed, Adder female travelling across Limestone road. near Johnny''s seat (SE72444 16448). Butterflies Bank Top barrier to NE shed: Ringlet x 57, Small Skipper x 8, Meadow Brown x 12.

08/07/2013 Bryan Wainwright. 17 Eurasian Teal, 1 Mallard female with 8 well grown young W side BH Gull coloney, 1 Marsh Harrier female, 1 Common Kestrel, 2 Hobby, 1 Peregrine Falcon male chasing racing pigeons W side and fields, 28 Northern Lapwing, 3 Common Redshank together W side BH Gull coloney, 2 Collared Dove Bank Top, 1 Common Cuckoo, 20 Common Swift, 2 Sky Lark, 1 Barn Swallow, 1 Tree Sparrow Swinefleet gate, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Pied Wagtail, 10 Linnet, 1 Bullfinch. Also 4 Roe Deer (1 a female WP with 2 small young one suckling), also Meadow Browns and Red Admirals.

07/07/2013 Bev Baxter, Adrian Noblet, Lucie Bernardova. Birds ringed Creyke''s 1 Great Tit, 2 Common Chiffchaff, 8 Willow Warbler, 3 Blackcap, 2 Garden Warbler, 1 Blackbird, 1 Dunnock, 1 Meadow Pipit, 1 Common Chaffinch.

06/07/2013 Bryan Wainwright. 23 Greylag Goose, 3 Eurasian Teal, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Common Buzzard, 1 Common Kestrel, 1 Hobby, 5 Northern Lapwing, 1 Common Redshank, 2 Herring Gull type, 10 Common Swift, 2 Sky Lark, 1 Barn Swallow, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Pied Wagtail, 1 Yellowhammer. Also 1 Red Deer, also 1 dead female Adder road at Green Belt, many Large Heaths Goole Moor and 1 Garden Tiger caterpillar.

04/07/2013 Steve Hiner (Natural England) 1 Common Cuckoo floods, 1 Common Chiffchaff NE shed, 1 Linnet with 1 young floods, 1 Bullfinch NE shed. Also 1 Adder female NE shed compound, 1 Adder last years young, brick red colour female on track from NNR shed to metal barrier, Blue-tailed Damselfly x 3 NE shed, Common Blue Damselfly x 17 NE shed.

05/07/2013 James Hincliffe. 2 Little Owl young on road Top House Farm (the part outside recording area). Also 337 Large Heath butterflies on S part of Moors (John Hitchcock).

04/07/2013 James Hincliffe. 2 Grey Partridge with 11 young Top House Farm (the part outside recording area).

04/07/2013 Bryan Wainwright. 1 Marsh Harrier female, 1 Common Buzzard, 2 Common Kestrel, 3 Hobby together over MDM, 1 Northern Lapwing, 1 Common Redshank, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull adult, 7 Black-headed Gull fledged young (at least 3 not ringed!) W side BH Gull colony, 1 Collared Dove Bank Top, 2 Common Cuckoo, 30 Common Swift, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5 Sky Lark including a recently fledged bird on farm track to Creyke''s gate (below), 

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Sky Lark (Bryan Wainwright 2013). 


1 Barn Swallow, 4 Long-tailed Tit. Also 5 Roe Deer, 1 female Adder on limestone road at Green Belt, at least 4 Large Heaths at Will Pits Scrape, 1 Small Copper and Small Skippers.

03 to 04/07/2013 Ben Steel (20.30 to 00.00 night). 1 Marsh Harrier cream-crown, 9 Little Ringed Plover W end Goole Moor Tram, 1 Common Sandpiper called twice W side BH Gull colony area, 1 Common Redshank, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull immature, 9 European Nightjar 7 calling some showing well near Green Belt, 3 Grasshopper Warbler.

03 to 04/07/2013 Bryan Wainwright (22.30 to 00.40 night). No Spotted Crakes. 2 Northern Lapwing, 2 Common Snipe displaying W side BH Gull colony area, 1 Common Sandpiper called twice W side BH Gull colony area, 100 Black-headed Gull to roost at W side BH Gull colony, 1 Tawny Owl Top House Farm (outside recording area over crossings though), 5 European Nightjar males heard. Also 1 Hare.

03/07/2013 Steve Hiner (Natural England) 1 Marsh Harrier female floods, 1 Common Buzzard Will Pits Scrape, 1 Linnet with 1 young floods, 2 Bullfinch with 4 young Will Pits. Also 1 Fox cub, 1 Common Lizard wood pile NE shed, Common Blue Damselfly x 300+ Will Pits (see photo), Large Red Damselfly x 50+ Will Pits (see photo), Ringlet x 3 Will Pits. click beetle, hemicrepidus spp.jpg





















 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Click Beetle Hemicrepidus spp. (Steve Hiner 2013). 

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Azure Blue Damselfly (Steve Hiner 2013). 

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Large Red Damselfly (Steve Hiner 2013). 

02/07/2013 Steve Hiner (Natural England) 1 Marsh Harrier female floods, 1 Common Buzzard floods, 1 Common Kestrel female floods, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker Will Pits, 1 Song Thrush Green Belt. Also 1 Stoat Bank Top shed, 2 male Roe Deer Green belt and Small Tortoiseshell Bell''s.

01/07/2013 Steve Hiner (Natural England) 1 Hobby floods E of Snaith & Cowick Moor, 53 Common Swift floods E of Snaith & Cowick Moor. Also 2 male Roe Deer Will Pits and SPD.

01 TO 02/07/2013 Ron Moat. 1 SPOTTED CRAKE 23.00 to 00.50, 3 European Nightjar Johnson''s Wood.

02/07/2013 Bryan Wainwright. 12 Eurasian Teal, 3 Marsh Harrier male & female food pass floods and another male, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull 2 fledged young Will Pits Scrape, 2 Black-headed Gull, 2 Common Cuckoo, 80 Common Swift, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Magpie, 2 Barn Swallow, 3 House Martin, 12 Linnet. Also 2 Hares Goole Moor and Creyke''s and 1 young Roe Deer.

01/07/2013 Bryan Wainwright. 2 Marsh Harrier male and female, 1 Common Buzzard, 1 Common Kestrel, 2 Hobby, 2 Moorhen, 1 Common Redshank, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Collared Dove, 2 Common Cuckoo, 30 Common Swift, 1 Barn Swallow, 3 Bullfinch, 1 Yellowhammer. Also 1 Hare and Ringlet and Speckled Wood butterflies.