Article Index

30/08/2013 John Durrant. 1 European Nightjar colliery area.

30/08/2013 Bryan Wainwright. 115 Greylag Goose, 260 Eurasian Teal, 30 Mallard, 3 Marsh Harrier 2 females and a male, 1 Eurasian Sparrowhawk, 1 Hobby, 1 Water Rail, 5 Ringed Plover W side floods, 4 Common Snipe, 4 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 5 Stock Dove, 2 Blue Tit, 30 Barn Swallow, 2 Robin, 1 Northern Wheatear, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 5 Pied Wagtail, 23 Meadow Pipit, 2 Greenfinch, 6 Goldfinch, 2 Linnet, 2 Bullfinch, 4 Reed Bunting. Also a Painted Lady.

29/08/2013 Robert Broch. 10 Gadwall, 20 Eurasian Teal, 1 Marsh Harrier, 2 Common Buzzard, 1 Common Kestrel, 1 Common Snipe, 4 Turtle Dove on wires between Jone's Cable (Johah's Cavel) & colliery. Also Brown Argus & 2 Wall along Fison's limestone road, Emperor Dragonfly and many Small Tortoiseshells.

29/08/2013 Steve Hiner (Natural England) 6 Wren together Will Pits, 12 Pied Wagtail W side floods. Black-tailed Skimmer 1 male NE shed (see photo), Speckled Wood x 21 Will Pits ride (see photo). 

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Black-tailed Skimmer (Steve Hiner 2013). 

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Speckled Wood (Steve Hiner 2013). 


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Vapourer caterpillar (Steve Hiner 2013). 

 

28/08/2013 Steve Hiner (Natural England) 1 Marsh Harrier female floods, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker NE shed. Common Lizard 1 this years young NE shed on wood pile.

28/08/2013 Bryan Wainwright am W side. 71 Eurasian Teal, 86 Mallard, 14 Common Pheasant inc. 1 Green Pheasant field edge of Alders, 1 Marsh Harrier juvenile, 2 Common Kestrel, 1 Peregrine Falcon adult male W side from Alders to Creyke's, 3 Common Crane circling distant over Green Belt MDM, 2 Grey Plover flew N over W side, 3 Ruff down on W side pools possible more flying distant, 9 Common Snipe W side BH Gull colony, 1 Green Sandpiper Green Belt Scrape, 2 Greenshank N Goole Moor pools, 430 Lesser Black-backed Gull W side fields, 1 Yellow-legged Gull adult W side fields all flew before got proper views, 2 Black-headed Gull W side fields, 12 Stock Dove, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Magpie, 4 Eurasian Jay, 4 Blue Tit, 1 Willow Tit tit flock Inkle Moor calling, 2 Sky Lark, 10 Barn Swallow, 5 Common Chiffchaff, 4 Willow Warbler, 1 Blackcap, 3 Common Whitethroat, 7 Wren, 3 Blackbird, 8 Robin, 2 Dunnock, 6 Yellow Wagtail, 3 Pied Wagtail, 10 Meadow Pipit, 4 Common Chaffinch, 60 Greenfinch fields at Paraffin, 12 Goldfinch, 11 Linnet, 4 Bullfinch, 1 Yellowhammer, 1 Reed Bunting. Also 3 Roe Deer and 1 young, 1 Hare, 1 Grey Squirrel at Alders.

27/08/2013 Steve Hiner (Natural England) 1 Marsh Harrier female floods, 1 Common Kestrel, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker Green Belt, 1 Yellow Wagtail. Also Roe Deer 1 male Snaith & Cowick Moor floods, Hare 1 Creyke's. Adder 1 male N side Limestone Road, Common Lizard 1 this years young Green Belt.

27/08/2013 Bev Baxter, Lucie Bernardova, Bryan Wainwright. Birds ringed Creyke's. 18 Greylag Goose, 80 Greater Canada Goose on N Goole Moor pools, 4 Grey Partridge, 1 Common Quail 3 full calls fields just N of Creyke's gate, 1 Great Cormorant over going W, 1 Marsh Harrier male, 1 Eurasian Sparrowhawk female, 1 Common Kestrel, 1 Grey Plover flew over E calling, 1 Common Snipe on N Goole Moor pools, 1 Green Sandpiper on N Goole Moor pools, 1 Greenshank on N Goole Moor pools, 20 Lesser Black-backed Gull on N Goole Moor pools, 1 Little Owl Top house Farm, 3 Eurasian Jay, 4 Blue Tit, 3 Great Tit, 9 Barn Swallow, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 5 Willow Warbler ringed, 3 Blackcap ringed, 10 Common Whitethroat ringed, 2 Reed Warbler ringed, 1 Eurasian Treecreeper, 1 Wren ringed, 5 Blackbird, 1 Mistle Thrush, 3 Robin ringed, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 4 Common Chaffinch, 4 Goldfinch, 3 Linnet.

25/08/2013 Rob Watson. 60 Greylag Goose Will Pits Scrape, 2 Marsh Harrier male and female, 1 Hobby over floods, 2 Ringed Plover floods, 2 Green Sandpiper floods, 2 Willow Tit NE shed and Will Pits Scrape, 1 Common Chiffchaff briefly singing Will Pits Scrape, 1 Willow Warbler briefly singing Will Pits Scrape, 3 Yellow Wagtail road at Middle Moor Tram. 

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Yellow Wagtail (Rob Watson 2013). 

Also large numbers of Teal & Shovelers. Also Southern Hawker and Painted Lady.

24/08/2013 Paul Adams. 1 Eurasian Sparrowhawk 1 Barn Owl near disused mill, 1 Willow Tit near Red House Farm.

24/08/2013 Bryan Wainwright. (inc. WeBs) 60 Greylag Goose Will Pits Scrape, 550 Eurasian Teal minimum, 98 Mallard, 74 Shoveler 1000 Acre floods, 1 Little Grebe, 3 Marsh Harrier, 1 Eurasian Sparrowhawk, 1 Hobby, 2 Water Rail, 2 Ringed Plover main floods, 44 Northern Lapwing Will Pits Scrape, 9 Dunlin main floods, 19 Common Snipe W side former BH Gull colony, 1 Common Sandpiper W side former BH Gull colony, 2 Green Sandpiper W side former BH Gull colony, 1 Spotted Redshankjuvenile Northern Goole Moor feeding in water above its belly, 2 Greenshank behind S Redshank all flew off together, 88 Lesser Black-backed Gull fields, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Magpie, 1 Eurasian Jay, 3 Carrion Crow, 2 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 3 Willow Tit all in tit flock calling Will Pits, 1 Sand Martin, 20 Barn Swallow, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Sedge Warbler, 2 Blackbird, 3 Robin, 1 Dunnock, 11 Yellow Wagtail, 4 Pied Wagtail, 16 Meadow Pipit, 4 Common Chaffinch, 10 Goldfinch, 5 Linnet. Also 3 Roe Deer and 10 Rabbits.

23/08/2013 Bryan Wainwright. Please note much of Inkle Moor is private property. 12 Mallard, 1 Shoveler, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Hobby Inkle Moor, 2 Herring Gull, 4 Stock Dove, 10 Wood Pigeon, 3 Turtle Dove 1 purring Rhodo' Path 2 on wires between allotments and Jone's Cable, 9 Magpie, 4 Carrion Crow, 6 Blue Tit, 3 Great Tit, 3 Willow Tit, 4 Sky Lark Chadwick's Field, 9 Barn Swallow, 1 House Martin, 5 Common Chiffchaff, 2 Willow Warbler, 2 Blackcap, 6 Common Whitethroat, 5 Wren, 7 Blackbird, 8 Robin, 1 Dunnock, 3 Yellow Wagtail, 11 Pied Wagtail Recreation Ground, 14 Common Chaffinch, 25 Goldfinch, 5 Linnet, 6 Bullfinch. Also Common Shrew in grass Inkle Moor meadows, 2 female Adders boardwalk path Green Belt 30 m from RP and Clouded Yellow colliery waste ground.

22/08/2013 Steve Hiner (Natural England), J McDermott, Mick Pepper. 2 Little Egret on floods. 

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Little Egrets main floods (Steve Hiner 2013). 

1 Marsh Harrier immature floods, 1 Common Buzzard over Pony Bridge Marsh, 1 Common Kestrel, 1 Green Woodpecker NE shed, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker NE shed, 1 Eurasian Jay Mill Drain Marsh, 1 Yellow Wagtail floods. Also Adder 2 this year's young along New Mill Drain, Common Lizard 5 New Mill Drain 2 this years young Green Belt, 1 adult NE shed. Lots of Silver Y moths along Limestone Road and around NE shed. Butterfly count from Green Belt along Limestone Road to Bank Top: Peacock 57, Small Tortoiseshell 28, Painted Lady 6, Small Copper 2, Common Blue 9, Meadow Brown 30, Ringlet 2, Brimstone 7 (see photo), Large White 2, Green Veined White 4 and Gatekeeper 1. 

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Brimstone (Steve Hiner 2013). 


22/08/2013 Bev Baxter, Rob Adams, Bryan Wainwright. Ringing Creyke's gate. 1 Eurasian Sparrowhawk female ringed, 3 Marsh Harrier 1 male, 2 cream-crown, 1 Green Sandpiper 1 Greenshank 1 Coal Tit 2 Common Chiffchaff ringed, 4 Willow Warbler ringed, 16 Blackcap ringed, 5 Garden Warbler ringed, 7 Common Whitethroat ringed, 1 Grasshopper Warbler ringed, 2 Sedge Warbler ringed, 1 Eurasian Treecreeper, 1 Blackbird, 5 Robin ringed, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Meadow Pipit, 2 Common Chaffinch, 1 Yellowhammer. Also a Roe Deer. 

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Sedge Warbler (Bryan Wainwright 2013). 


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Sparrowhawk female (Bryan Wainwright 2013). 


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Whitethroat (Bryan Wainwright 2013). 

 

21/08/2013 Bryan Wainwright. Please note much of Inkle Moor is private property. 1 Moorhen, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Turtle Dove, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Magpie, 6 Carrion Crow, 3 Great Tit, 2 Willow Tit both calling 1 Inkle Moor and 1 Rhodo' Path, 6 Barn Swallow, 11 House Martin, 1 Common Chiffchaff, 1 Common Whitethroat, 1 Reed Warbler Inkle Moor Pond, 1 Wren, 4 Robin, 1 Common Redstart female perched Rhodo' Path, 5 Goldfinch, 3 Bullfinch. Also a Roe Deer, 1 Adder Green Belt (contractors). 

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The oldest Crab Apple on moors at Long Meadow (Bryan Wainwright 2013). 

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Wasp nest (Bryan Wainwright 2013). 

20/08/2013 Bryan Wainwright. Please note much of Inkle Moor is private property. 1 Eurasian Sparrowhawk female, 1 Moorhen, 1 Green Sandpiper Chadwick's Field, 20 Wood Pigeon, 1 Turtle Dove colliery area, 1 Green Woodpecker heard, 3 Magpie, 4 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 2 Willow Tit Inkle Meadows both calling, 10 Barn Swallow, 2 Common Chiffchaff, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Common Whitethroat, 1 Blackbird, 1 Robin, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 4 Pied Wagtail, 18 Common Chaffinch, 8 Greenfinch, 46 Goldfinch, 3 Linnet, 4 Bullfinch, 3 Yellowhammer. Also 2 Clouded Yellow colliery area, many Common Blue and Red Admiral, Small Tortoiseshell and Meadow Brown.

19/08/2013 Steve Hiner (Natural England) 1 Grey Heron floods, 1 Common Kestrel, 1 Common Snipe Mill Drain Marsh, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker NE shed, 2 Reed Warbler Middle Moor, 1 Bullfinch. Also Adder 1 female Bank Top at Will Pits Scrape (see photo), Clouded Yellow 1 Mervyn's Tram NE shed end, Wall 1 Mervyn's Tram western end. 

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Adder (Steve Hiner 2013). 

19/08/2013 Bryan Wainwright. 40 Greylag Goose, 184 Eurasian Teal, 4 Mallard, 27 Shoveler, 12 Common Pheasant many young birds, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Marsh Harrier female floods, 1 Common Kestrel, 1 Hobby, 1 Peregrine Falcon immature female chasing Lapwing, had about 10 goes, 1 Water Rail, 1 Northern Lapwing being chased by Peregrine, 1 Common Snipe, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Greenshank N Goole Moor, 1 Stock Dove, 4 Wood Pigeon, 1 Magpie, 6 Carrion Crow, 2 Great Tit, 8 Barn Swallow, 2 Wren, 1 Northern Wheatear female Bank Top shed, 4 Yellow Wagtail, 9 Pied Wagtail, 2 Meadow Pipit, 2 Bullfinch pair Will Pits Scrape, 1 Yellowhammer. Also Hare W side and Rabbits road at Will Pits.

18/08/2013 Rob Watson. 40 Greylag Goose Will Pits Scrape, 100 Eurasian Teal floods, 1 Marsh Harrier floods, 1 Eurasian Sparrowhawk Will Pits Scrape, 1 Hobby Will Pits and floods, 3 Common Snipe flushed by Marsh Harrier, 1 Green Sandpiper floods, 1 Greenshank, 1 Willow Tit NE shed, 1 Bullfinch. Also Clouded Yellow (Rob Watson 2013). 

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Clouded Yellow Colias croceus (Rob Watson 2013). 

 

15/08/2013 Steve Hiner (Natural England) 1 Marsh Harrier floods. Roe Deer 1 male New Mill Drain side, 1 male (single prong antler) Creyke's Gate area, Brown Hare 1 Creyke's. Wall Brown 2 NNR shed (see photo). 

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Wall Lasiommata megera (Steve Hiner 2013). 

14/08/2013 Steve Hiner (Natural England) 1 Eurasian Sparrowhawk male Will Pits, 1 Common Kestrel immature Will Pits Scrape, 1 Hobby Will Pits, Little Owl ? pellets near NE shed, full of beetle bits. Wall Brown 2 NE shed, Small Copper 24 Limestone road, Painted Lady 1, Brown Hawker 1 Bank Top, Emmelina monodactyla 1 Will Pits (see photo). 

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Emmelina monodactyla (Steve Hiner 2013). 

13/08/2013 John Durrant. 1 Peregrine Falcon Longthorpe's eating racing pigeon.

12/08/2013 Steve Hiner (Natural England) 35 Eurasian Teal floods, 1 Marsh Harrier female floods, 1 Common Buzzard Elmhirst, 1 Common Kestrel Paraffin, 17 Barn Swallow floods, 7 Pied Wagtail W side floods. Roe Deer 1 male & Hare 2 Creyke's. 2 Wall butterflies at NE shed, very scarce in last 2 years.

11/08/2013 Rob Watson. 100 Eurasian Teal floods, 3 Shoveler floods, 1 Common Buzzard S end moors, 2 Willow Tit Will Pits Scrape near bailey bridge. 

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Emperor Moth caterpillar Saturnia pavonia (Rob Watson 2013). 

 

10/08/2013 John Durrant. 1 Green Woodpecker colliery on road then trees.

08/08/2013 Steve Hiner (Natural England) 1 Marsh Harrier female floods and male Middle Moor, 1 Eurasian Sparrowhawk female Will Pits, 1 Common Buzzard Will Pits, 1 Hobby Paraffin, 3 Barn Swallow floods. 

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Comma Polygonia c-album (Steve Hiner 2013). 

Peacock butterfly 1000+ Inkle Flatts, 100+ on small clump of Hemp-agrimony at side of limestone road, Brimstone 1 male Inkle Flatts.

08/08/2013 Bev Baxter, Bryan Wainwright. Ringing Creyke's gate. 50 Greylag Goose, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Northern Lapwing, 1 Common Snipe, 2 Green Sandpiper together on pool N Goole Moor, 5 Greenshank together on pool N Goole Moor, 2 Eurasian Jay, 1 Blue Tit ringed, 1 Great Tit, 4 Barn Swallow, 1 Common Chiffchaff ringed, 7 Willow Warbler ringed, 4 Blackcap ringed, 2 Garden Warbler ringed, 8 Common Whitethroat ringed, 3 Reed Warbler ringed, 1 Eurasian Treecreeper, 1 Wren ringed, 1 Blackbird, 1 Robin ringed, 1 Dunnock, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Pied Wagtail, 2 Meadow Pipit, 2 Common Chaffinch, 1 Goldfinch, 6 Linnet, 1 Yellowhammer. Also 1 Hare. 

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Reed Warbler (Bryan Wainwright 2013). 


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Willow Warbler adult (Bryan Wainwright 2013). 

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Willow Warbler juvenile (Bryan Wainwright 2013). 

07/08/2013 Bryan Wainwright, Steve James, Gary Featherstone. 1 Eurasian Wigeon male Will Pits Scrape, 4 Gadwall, 111 Eurasian Teal, 8 Mallard, 8 Shoveler, 1 Grey Heron, 3 Marsh Harrier adult male and female and 1 or 2 immatures, 1 Eurasian Sparrowhawk, 2 Common Buzzard, 3 Common Kestrel, 2 Hobby, 1 Peregrine Falcon adult male at times mobbing Hobby and Marsh Harrier over floods, 1 Moorhen, 8 Northern Lapwing, 1 Dunlin down on flooods, 4 Common Snipe, 1 Green Sandpiper W side floods, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull immature over, 1 Stock Dove, 10 Wood Pigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Magpie, 1 Eurasian Jay, 6 Carrion Crow, 4 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 4 Willow Tit 2 Goole N edge path 2 Will Pits, 2 Sky Lark, 3 Sand Martin, 20 Barn Swallow, 1 House Martin, 8 Willow Warbler, 1 Blackcap, 2 Common Whitethroat, 2 Grasshopper Warbler, 6 Reed Warbler, 5 Wren, 2 Robin, 1 Tree Sparrow Swinefleet gate, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 4 Pied Wagtail, 2 Meadow Pipit, 2 Goldfinch, 6 Linnet, 1 Yellowhammer, 4 Reed Bunting. Also 1 Fox WP, 1 Stoat WP, 1 Roe Deer and Grass Snake Will Pits Scrape near bailey bridge. 2 Commas WP, 1 Speckled Wood, 2 Common Blue, several Green-veined White and Large Heath many Large and Small White and Meadow Brown.

07/08/2013 Robert Broch Crowle Moor. 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Willow Tit, 1 Yellowhammer. Also 1 Adder and 1 Lizard.

06/08/2013 Steve Hiner (Natural England) Brown Argus seen on link between Jone's Cable and Moors

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Brown Argus Aricia agestis (Steve Hiner 2013). 

05/08/2013 Steve Hiner (Natural England) 1 Common Buzzard Paraffin, 2 Common Kestrel NW edge, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker Woodpecker Corner, 3 Barn Swallow. Brown Hare x 1 Creyke's, Roe Deer: 1 female Paraffin, 1 male Bank Top, 1 male & 1 female floods & 1 male with 1 antler Creyke's Gate. Common Lizard 1 western end Collis's Tram.

03/08/2013 John Durrant. 1 Green Woodpecker recreation ground.

01/08/2013 Steve Hiner (Natural England) 2 Grey Heron floods, 1 Common Buzzard Paraffin, 1 Common Kestrel Paraffin, 1 Hobby Snaith & Cowick Moor, 1 Little Owl immature Top House Farm, 100+ Common Swift, 3 Reed Warbler Middle Moor. Also 1 Roe Deer male Middle Moor Tram (see photo). 

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Roe Deer male (Steve Hiner 2013).