Recent Sightings at Mellor, Whinney Lane
19th April 2024
Redwing, 1, (Steve Flynn)
nocturnal flight call
17th April 2024
Blackcap, 1
14th April 2024
Common Scoter, 1
nocturnal flight call
7th April 2024
Common Scoter, 1
1st April 2024
Water Rail, 1
nocturnal flight call, https://xeno-canto.org/893806
21st March 2024
Wigeon
nocturnal flight calls of 13 flocks between 00:00 and 03:42
Teal
nocturnal flight call
20th March 2024
Teal
noturnal flight call
Common Scoter, 400
152 calls, c.49 flocks, from 20:00 to 00:52 (circa 8 per flock estimated with thermal camera)
Water Rail, 1
nocturnal flight call, https://xeno-canto.org/883494
19th March 2024
Wigeon
calls from over-flying birds at 19:15, 19:27, 1932, 1935 and 1945
Teal
calls from over-flying birds at 19:21 and 19:24
Common Scoter
calls from over-flying birds at 19:46, 19:51, 20:00 and 21:33
Golden Plover, 1
single call from a nocturnal migrant
Chiffchaff, 1
1 calling in the garden and a further 3 calling in the wider area
18th March 2024
Common Scoter
nocmig recording of a single flock
Mediterranean Gull, 2
calls of a presumed pair recorded over the garden.
Chiffchaff, 1
17th March 2024
Wigeon
nocmig recording
Teal
nocmig recording of two flocks at 21:52 and 22:52
Redwing, 53
nocmig, 53 calls recorded between 20:00 and 01:00
16th March 2024
Curlew, 1
Reed Bunting, 1