Article Index

29 to 30/06/2013 Alan Cawthrow, Peter Middleton, David Pearce, Carl Dixon. 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Water Rail, 1 SPOTTED CRAKE 20.00 to 01.45, 1 Whimbrel, 32 European Nightjar 28 churring, 14 Grasshopper Warbler.

29/06/2013 Bryan Wainwright. 1 Grey Partridge arable before Creyke''s gate, 1 Marsh Harrier male, 1 Eurasian Sparrowhawk, 1 Common Buzzard, 1 Common Kestrel, 1 Hobby over Crowle Moor, 1 Common Snipe Mill Drain Marsh, 1 Eurasian Curlew Mill Drain Marsh, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 30 Black-headed Gull & 2 fledged young Will Pits Scrape, 1 Turtle Dove purring Will Pits, 2 Common Cuckoo, 60 Common Swift, 1 Eurasian Jay, 5 Sky Lark, 1 Sand Martin, 1 Barn Swallow, 2 Grasshopper Warbler, 3 Sedge Warbler, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Bullfinch, 6 Reed Bunting. Also a Stoat dragging a Rabbit Bank Top road Will Pits, 7 Red Deer fields N Crowle Moor, 2 Roe Deer, 1 Hare GMT and 6 Rabbits.

27/06/2013 Janet Canning (Natural England). 1 Turtle Dove Durham''s Gardens.

26/06/2013 Steve Hiner (Natural England), Brad Carpenter. 1 Marsh Harrier female floods, 2 European Nightjar day flying Elmhirst Tram. 1 Brown Hare Creykes, 1 Adder female Middle Moor Tram (Dan Burnand)

26/06/2013 Steve Hiner (Natural England) 1 Eurasian Teal female & 3 unfledged young, 1 Marsh Harrier immature floods, 1 Common Buzzard Elmhirst, 1 Common Cuckoo Will Pits Scrape, 1 Bullfinch male Green Belt. Also 1 Common Lizard gravid female NNR shed. 37 Speckled Wood butterfly from Middle Moor Tram along New Mill Drain to Green Belt (see attached photo). 

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Speckled Wood, Pararge aegeria (Steve Hiner 2013). 

 

26/06/2013 Bev Baxter, Lianna Stogden, Ben Whitworth, Lucie Bernardova, Katie Thorpe, Bryan Wainwright. Ringing Green Belt night (other non-ringing birds BPW only) 1 Eurasian Teal, 3 Tufted Duck, 2 Marsh Harrier male and female, 2 Northern Lapwing on WPS, 2 Green Sandpiper calling Will Pits Scrape and calling and seen over floods, 50 Black-headed Gull first of very few chicks seen flying W side moors colony, 2 Common Cuckoo, 5 European Nightjar at least 3 females seen and 2 males heard Green Belt, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Willow Warbler one ringed, 8 Blackcap Will Pits, 1 Garden Warbler controlled, 2 Common Whitethroat including a recently fledged young caught, 1 Grasshopper Warbler one ringed, 6 Sedge Warbler heard, 4 Reed Warbler heard one ringed, 1 Song Thrush. Also NOCTULE BAT heard and seen over road at Green Belt. 5 Red Deer moor edge Goole Fields, 2 Roe Deer and 1 Hare Creyke''s.

26/06/2013 Ian McDonald. 1 Common Snipe Middle Moor, 1 Eurasian Curlew Middle Moor.

25/06/2013 Mike Hoit, Keith Langdon. 1 SPOTTED CRAKE

25/06/2013 Steve Hiner (Natural England) 1 Marsh Harrier female floods. Also 1 Roe Deer female & 1 fawn Will Pits, Weasel x 1 NNR shed, Adder x 1 female NNR shed.

25/06/2013 David Howarth, 1 Little Owl young on road at Top House Farm.

24/06/2013 Steve Hiner (Natural England) 3 Eurasian Teal 1 Mill Drain 2 Snaith & Cowick floods, 1 Mallard & 11 unfledged young Snaith & Cowick floods, 3 Marsh Harrier 1 female New Moor + 1 female & 2 imm hunting over Crowle Moor, 1 Eurasian Sparrowhawk female Will Pits, 1 Common Buzzard Will Pits, 1 Common Kestrel Will Pits, 1 Hobby Mill Drain Marsh, 1 Peregrine Falcon Middle Moor, 1 Common Cuckoo floods, 25 Barn Swallow, 1 Grasshopper Warbler Mill Drain. Also 2 Hares Creyke''s, 1 female Roe Deer Snaith & Cowick floods.

24/06/2013 Bryan Wainwright. 7 Eurasian Teal, 3 Tufted Duck, 2 Marsh Harrier females, 1 Common Redshank, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 100 Black-headed Gull, 2 Stock Dove, 1 Turtle Dove purring SWD at PBM, 4 Common Cuckoo, 8 Common Swift, 1 Barn Swallow, 2 Grasshopper Warbler, 1 Common Stonechat male E-W road, 8 Linnet, 1 Bullfinch. Also 3 Roe Deer, 1 Hare and Rabbits.

23/06/2013 Bryan Wainwright. 1 Greylag Goose, 2 Common Shelduck, 1 Gadwall, 13 Eurasian Teal, 47 Mallard, 2 Tufted Duck male and female with 7 unfledged young Will Pits Scrape, 1 Marsh Harrier female, 4 Moorhen, 2 Common Coot, 1 Common Redshank, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 5 Herring Gull type, 63 Black-headed Gull W side colony only, 1 Turtle Dove purring Will Pits Scrape, 3 Common Cuckoo, 1 Little Owl Top Moor Farm, 80 Common Swift, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker Pony Bridge Marsh, 2 Sky Lark, 1 House Martin, 2 Common Stonechat immatures E-W road, 6 Meadow Pipit. Also 10+ Rabbits Will Pits.

22/06/2013 Bryan Wainwright, Bev Baxter, Bill Priestley, Ken Pearson, Ben Whitworth. ringing Black-headed Gull chicks W side moors 2 Marsh Harrier males (1 not full adult), 1 Common Redshank, 60 Black-headed Gull 4 chicks ringed (all chicks taken Woodside and 1000 Acre colonies), 

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Black-headed Gull chick being ringed 1 (Bryan Wainwright 2013). 

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Black-headed Gull chick being ringed 2 (Bryan Wainwright 2013). 

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Two bog beasts (Bryan Wainwright 2013). 

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Black-headed Gull chick being ringed 4 (Bryan Wainwright 2013). 

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Cotton Grass seed blown by wind and looking like snow (Bryan Wainwright 2013). 


4 Common Swift, 3 Sky Lark, 1 House Martin, 2 Meadow Pipit. Also 1 young Roe Deer.

late 21 to 22/06/2013 Alan Cawthrow. 1 Whimbrel, 3 Common Cuckoo, 30 European Nightjar, 20 Grasshopper Warbler.

19/06/2013 John Hartley. 1 SPOTTED CRAKE night

19/06/2013 Bryan Wainwright, Bev Baxter (ringing Creyke''s). 3 Common Shelduck, 1 Mallard female with 7 unfledged young Northern Goole Moor, 4 Tufted Duck, 1 Grey Partridge arable before Creyke''s gate, 2 Marsh Harrier male and female, 9 Northern Lapwing, 2 Common Redshank, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, p Black-headed Gull, 6 Common Swift, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Eurasian Jay, 4 Blue Tit family with young being fed Will Pits Scrape, 1 Willow Tit calling in willow SWD at bailey bridge, 1 Sky Lark, 9 Willow Warbler caught, 1 Blackcap caught, 1 Garden Warbler caught, 3 Robin caught, 2 Common Stonechat immatures E-W road, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Meadow Pipit young caught, 

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Meadow Pipit (Bryan Wainwright 2013). 

1 Common Chaffinch caught, 2 Bullfinch. Also 2 Roe Deer.

17/06/2013 Tom Lowe. 1 MONTAGU''S HARRIER female W over Goole Fields Moors edge mid-afternoon. 3 Hobby, 1 Spotted Flycatcher Swinefleet Warping Drain.

17/06/2013 Bryan Wainwright. 2 Grey Partridge Top House Farm just outside recording area, 4 Marsh Harrier 2 males 2 females, 1 Eurasian Sparrowhawk female carrying prey Creyke''s crossing, 1 Common Buzzard, 1 Common Kestrel, 1 Hobby, 1 Water Rail, 3 Ringed Plover, 1 Northern Lapwing, 2 Common Redshank, 14 Lesser Black-backed Gull from roost W side moors, p Black-headed Gull, 2 Collared Dove Bank Top shed, 2 Common Cuckoo, 1 Little Owl Top House Farm just outside recording area, 80 Common Swift, 3 Sky Lark, 2 Barn Swallow, 1 Common Starling, 2 Tree Sparrow Creyke''s crossing, 1 Pied Wagtail, 4 Linnet, 2 Bullfinch, 3 Corn Bunting Top House Farm just outside recording area. Also 4 Roe Deer and a Fox cub N end Bank Top. Lots of Garden Tiger caterpillars and 1 Oak Eggar caterpillar W end Goole Moor Tram.

15/06/2013 Bryan Wainwright, Bill Priestley. 3 Tufted Duck Will Pits Scrape, 1 Grey Partridge arable before Creyke''s gate, 4 Marsh Harrier 2 males and 2 female, 1 Common Kestrel, 1 Common Redshank, 5 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 100 Black-headed Gull, 1 Common Tern over and down on 1000 Acre floods, 1 Collared Dove, 100 Common Swift, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Magpie, 2 Sky Lark, 3 Barn Swallow, 5 House Martin, 2 Common Chiffchaff, 3 Willow Warbler, 2 Blackcap, 1 Garden Warbler, 5 Common Whitethroat, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 2 Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, 1 Pied Wagtail, 2 Common Chaffinch, 2 Goldfinch, 6 Linnet, 2 Bullfinch one carrying food Will Pits, 2 Yellowhammer, 4 Reed Bunting. Also 2 female red Deer with 1 sppotted young Will Pits and a male fields S of Crowle Moor and 2 Roe Deer.

13/06/2013 Steve Hiner (Natural England), 1 Marsh Harrier 1 male Green Belt, 1 Hobby Green Belt, 2 Common Cuckoo Green Belt, 23 Barn Swallow Creyke''s. Also 1 female Red Deer Green Belt, 1 female Roe Deer Creyke''s.

12/06/2013 James Hincliffe. 1 RED KITE over Top House Farm.

Bev Baxter. Lesser Redpoll ringed Thorne Moors (Creyke''s Gate) on 13th October 2012, adult male Ring No. Y758863 controlled Clonyard Loch, Dumfries and Galloway. 15th April 2013. Distance 235km NW.

13/06/2013 Bryan Wainwright. 2 Tufted Duck males Will Pits Scrape, 3 Grey Partridge arable before Creyke''s gate, 2 Marsh Harrier 2 cream-crowns, 3 Moorhen, 1 Common Redshank, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 100 Black-headed Gull, 2 Collared Dove Bank Top shed, 1 Common Cuckoo, 200 Common Swift, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Eurasian Jay, 2 Sky Lark, 2 Barn Swallow, 3 House Martin, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Bullfinch.

Also 1 Red Deer Will Pits and 2 Roe Deer and Rabbits. 12/06/2013 Steve Hiner (Natural England), 2 Marsh Harrier 1 male, 1 female floods, 1 Hobby Green Belt. Also 1 Pebble Hook Tip Moth (with Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust volunteers) Green Belt.

11/06/2013 Steve Hiner (Natural England), 1 Eurasian Teal with 5 unfledged young New Mill Drain.

11/06/2013 Bryan Wainwright. 32 Greater Canada Goose S over W side of moors, 8 Shoveler, 3 Tufted Duck Will Pits Scrape, 2 Common Buzzard, 3 Northern Lapwing, 1 Common Redshank, 1 Turtle Dove purring ''T'' junction Will Pits, 2 Common Cuckoo, 10 Common Swift, 4 Barn Swallow, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 6 Common Starling juveniles, 2 Blackbird, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Common Stonechat male and juvenile along E-W road, 1 Pied Wagtail, 2 Bullfinch. Also American Mink Bank Top at Goole Moor Tram, 1 Fox arable before Creyke''s gate, Grey Squirrel Will Pits, 2 Hares and 2 Roe Deer.

09/06/2013 Bryan Wainwright. 1 Common Shelduck, 1 Gadwall, 6 Eurasian Teal, 1 Mallard with 8 unfledged young W side BH Gull colony, 2 Shoveler, 4 Grey Partridge arable before Creyke''s gate, 10 Common Pheasant, 4 Marsh Harrier 2 males and 2 female, 1 Common Kestrel, 8 Hobby, 1 Ringed Plover W side floods, 1 Northern Lapwing, 1 Dunlin W side floods, 1 Common Redshank W side floods, p Black-headed Gull quite a few unfledged young about now, 4 Common Cuckoo, 1 Tawny Owl flew across road Will Pits pursued by smaller mobbing birds, 100 Common Swift, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 6 Barn Swallow, 2 Blackbird, 4 Robin, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 6 Meadow Pipit. Also 2 Red Deer Will Pits, 2 Roe Deer, 1 Hare and lots of Rabbits.

08/06/2013 Bev Baxter, Lianna Stogden, Ben Whitworth, Lucie Bernardova. Birds ringed Creyke''s Gate. 4 Great Tit, 6 Willow Warbler, 3 Blackcap.

08/06/2013 Peter Roworth (Natural England). 18 Shoveler males together S bend Fison''s Road.

08/06/2013 Bryan Wainwright. 2 Common Shelduck, 3 Gadwall, 10 Eurasian Teal, 3 Tufted Duck 2 males and 1 female with 7 unfledged young Will Pits Scrape, 1 Little Grebe, 4 Marsh Harrier 2 males 2 females, 1 Eurasian Sparrowhawk female, 3 Common Buzzard, 3 Hobby (other people had 5), 2 Little Ringed Plover W side floods, 2 Collared Dove Bank Top shed, 5 Turtle Dove pair Will Pits ''T'' junction Fison''s Road, purring birds: 1 N of NE shed, 1 SWD at PBM, 1 Crowle Moor, 6 Common Cuckoo, 140 Common Swift, 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker pair Creyke''s 1 S end Crowle Moor, 1 N end Will Pits, 1 Willow Tit flew across road calling Will Pits, 2 Sky Lark, 11 Barn Swallow, 1 House Martin, 2 Common Chiffchaff, 6 Willow Warbler, 8 Blackcap, 4 Garden Warbler, 10 Common Whitethroat, 2 Grasshopper Warbler, 2 Sedge Warbler, 4 Reed Warbler, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 4 Goldfinch, 2 Bullfinch S end Crowle Moor, 2 Yellowhammer 1 Creyke''s 1 S end Crowle Moor. Also Red Deer with spotted foal crossed Fison''s Road North, 2 Roe Deer.

07/06/2013 Bill Priestley. 1 Little Ringed Plover on top colliery spoil mounds, 4 Turtle Dove Bell''s area, 3 Common Cuckoo, 15 Long-tailed Tit in a party of which 13 were young.

07/06/2013 Bryan Wainwright, Bill Priestley. 1 Great Cormorant off floods Northern Goole Moor, 4 Marsh Harrier 2 males 2 females, 1 Common Buzzard, 1 Common Kestrel, 5 Hobby, 9 Northern Lapwing, p Black-headed Gull, 2 Common Cuckoo, 1 Little Owl Top House Farm, 8 Common Swift, 1 Eurasian Jay, 3 Sky Lark, 10 Barn Swallow, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 1 Common Stonechat, 2 Tree Sparrow Swinefleet gate and Creyke''s crossing, 4 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Pied Wagtail, 2 Goldfinch, 9 Linnet. Also 1 Red Deer Goole Moor and 9 Roe Deer.

06/06/2013 Bryan Wainwright. 2 Gadwall, 9 Eurasian Teal, 1 Mallard with 9 unfledged young W side BH Gull colony, 4 Shoveler, 4 Tufted Duck Will Pits Scrape, 2 Marsh Harrier male and female, 3 Common Buzzard Will Pits, 1 Common Kestrel, 3 Hobby, 5 Moorhen, 1 Common Coot, 3 Ringed Plover W end Goole Moor Tram, 1 Northern Lapwing, 1 Common Gull down W end floods, 4 Lesser Black-backed Gull W end floods, 120 Black-headed Gull, 2 Collared Dove Bank Top shed, 4 Common Cuckoo, 80 Common Swift, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Blue Tit, 3 Great Tit, 1 Wood Lark flew over calling new S path Crowle Moor, 2 Sky Lark, 14 Barn Swallow, 2 Grasshopper Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, 3 Wren, 3 Song Thrush, 2 Tree Sparrow Swinefleet Gate, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail, 1 Siskin Crowle Moor, 4 Linnet, 5 Bullfinch Will Pits, 2 Yellowhammer, 8 Reed Bunting. Also 2 Red Deer S end Crowle Moor and 4 Roe Deer. Brimstone, Small Tortoiseshell, Small Copper, Small White.

05/06/2013 Ian McDonald, Mick Oliver. 5 Common Cuckoo 4 males chasing a female.

05/06/2013 John Durrant. 1 European Nightjar churring edge of moors at Longthorpe''s/Alders, 1 Common Swift half eaten near railway (Hobby prey?).

05/06/2013 Bryan Wainwright, Bill Priestley. 2 Common Shelduck 1000 Acre floods, 2 Gadwall, 1 Eurasian Teal with 6 unfledged young Will Pits Scrape, 2 Tufted Duck 2 Will Pits Scrape 2 floods, 4 Marsh Harrier both female, 1 Eurasian Sparrowhawk, 1 Common Buzzard, 3 Moorhen 2 males 2 females, 4 Common Coot, 1 Oystercatcher 1000 Acre floods, 6 Northern Lapwing, 2 Common Redshank, 70 Black-headed Gull with 9 hatchlings (7 Woodside 1 W end floods), 4 Stock Dove, 2 Collared Dove Bank Top shed, 180 Common Swift, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Tit, 3 Sky Lark, 3 Barn Swallow, 1 House Martin, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Common Whitethroat, 2 Blackbird, 2 Song Thrush, 5 Common Stonechat male and female E-W Fison''s road and 3 fledged young, 2 Tree Sparrow Swinefleet gate and Creyke''s crossing, 4 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail, 4 Meadow Pipit, 4 Linnet, 3 Yellowhammer, 5 Reed Bunting. Also 9 Red Deer (8 Goole Fields, 1 N Crowle Moor) and 3 Roe Deer. 04/06/2013 Steve Hiner (Natural England), 4 Grey Heron Inkle Flatts, 2 Marsh Harrier floods, 1 Common Buzzard floods, 1 Common Kestrel floods, 1 Hobby Will Pits, 1 Common Cuckoo Will Pits, 3 House Martin. Also 1 female Red Deer CM, 1 female Roe Deer Creyke''s.

04/06/2013 Bryan Wainwright, Bill Priestley. 2 Gadwall, 6 Eurasian Teal, 6 Mallard 1 with 7 unfledged young S bend, 12 Shoveler males together 1000 Acre floods, 5 Tufted Duck 2 Will Pits Scrape 2 floods, 2 Marsh Harrier both female, 4 Hobby, 5 Moorhen, 2 Common Coot, 2 Northern Lapwing, 2 Common Redshank, 60 Black-headed Gull, 2 Collared Dove Bank Top shed, 2 Turtle Dove, 3 Common Cuckoo, 12 Common Swift, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Magpie, 1 Eurasian Jay, 2 Carrion Crow, 2 Great Tit, 2 Sky Lark, 8 Barn Swallow, 5 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Common Chiffchaff, 1 Willow Warbler, 5 Blackcap, 10 Common Whitethroat, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 2 Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, 1 Common Stonechat male E-W Fison''s road, 2 Tree Sparrow Swinefleet gate, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Pied Wagtail, 3 Meadow Pipit, 4 Linnet, 2 Bullfinch, 5 Reed Bunting. Also 5 Red Deer Will Pits, 4 Roe Deer 1 with spotted young Will Pits. 1 Large White butterfly.

04/06/2013 Robert Broch, Green Belt. 5 Turtle Dove 3 Green Belt, 2 wires behind allotments, 1 European Nightjar male.

03/06/2013 Tom Lowe, after dark. 2 Marsh Harrier, 3 Common Buzzard, 2 Hobby W end Goole Fields, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit E end Goole Fields 08.30 with Curlew, 1 Whimbrel E end Goole Fields, 1 Eurasian Curlew E end Goole Fields.

02/06/2013 Tom Lowe, after dark E end Goole Moor. 2 Common Cuckoo, 1 Barn Owl, 1 Little Owl, 1 Tawny Owl, 3 European Nightjar churring, 1 Grasshopper Warbler.

02/06/2013 Bill Priestley. 1 Marsh Harrier male, 4 Moorhen Warping Drain (Moors), 2 Turtle Dove Rhododendron Path, 50 Common Swift 2 Western Jackdaw NW over Long Meadow, 2 Garden Warbler, 10 Common Whitethroat 3 Reed Warbler Inkle Moor, 4 Yellowhammer.

01/06/2013 Rob Watson. 2 Shoveler, 4 Tufted Duck, 1 Goosander male Will Pits Scrape, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Eurasian Sparrowhawk over Will Pits, 1 Common Buzzard Crowle Moor, 4 Hobby, p Northern Lapwing, 1 Common Redshank Will Pits Scrape circling and calling, 2 Common Cuckoo, 1 Barn Owl Crowle Moor, p Common Swift, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Willow Tit Crowle Moor, p Barn Swallow, p Long-tailed Tit, p Common Chiffchaff, p Willow Warbler, p Blackcap, p Sedge Warbler, p Pied Wagtail, 2 Tree Pipit singing Crowle Moor, p Yellowhammer, p Reed Bunting. 9 Red Deer, 1 Roe Deer with small fawn, 1 Clnnabar Moth (photo). 

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Cinnabar Moth (Rob Watson 2013).