Saturday, 30 April 2011

Lancelot Clark Storth & Burton Fell (Sat Apr 30th 2011)

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Saturday April 30th 2011 - Slape Lane and various parts of Lancelot Clark Storth & Burton Fell - Areas I have not checked out before. No...
Wednesday, 27 April 2011

Holme Park Nature Reserve & Clawthorpe Fell, Clawthorpe, Burton In Kendal

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(Please click over sketch to enlarge). I just had to include this in my blog today. I have spent the morning especially looking for Sloworm...
Tuesday, 26 April 2011

Marble Quarry - Beetham Park Woodlands yesterday, and Dalton and more Warblers.

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(Please click over sketch to enlarge and click again to supersize if required). Yesterdays walk from Beetham Caravan Park across the road an...
Saturday, 23 April 2011

Checking out the Warblers at Dalton and also Great Grey Shrike film Part 2

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Saturday April 23rd 2011 (0900hrs - 1200hrs) At first just did a check over at Plain Quarry, Dalton. The Fairy Foxglove is now starting to ...
Friday, 22 April 2011

Garden Warblers have arrived at Dalton Crags.

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(Please click over map to enlarge, then click again to supersize if required) Good Friday April 22nd 2011 from Plain Quarry up to Trig (083...
Wednesday, 20 April 2011

More Tree Pipits & Greenland Wheatears.....

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( Please click over sketches to enlarge) Went up to Trig today from Dalton plain quarry (0745hrs-0915hrs), More or less similar stuff about ...
Tuesday, 19 April 2011

Great Grey Shrike film plus....Dalton update on Tree Pipits

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Please click here to see the great film (on youtube) made by Fraser of the Great Grey Shrike recently at Dalton. What a great job, and you c...
Monday, 18 April 2011

Whitethroats, Garden Warblers & Blackcaps...Also Great Grey Shrike film by Fraser.

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Monday 18th April 2011 (0900hrs - 1345hrs) - Walk along the Canal from Carnforth to Borwick (0900hrs-1200hrs), then continued through Borwic...
Sunday, 17 April 2011

Have you ever been confused by what may sound like a Warbler but is'nt?

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Well just in case you have your not on your own, because at this time of the year Robins and Dunnocks take on a totally different song to w...
Saturday, 16 April 2011

Willow Warblers, Chiffchaffs and Blackcaps

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(Found this well on Lancelot Clark Storth, this morning - please click over to enlarge) 0645hrs: A new Blackcap had arrived and the bird wa...
Friday, 15 April 2011

A New Tree Pipit arrived at Dalton Crags also Wheatear

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(Please click over sketches to enlarge) From Dalton hamlet side of Dalton Road to Trig via the Crags (0945hrs to 1230hrs), on this side go...
Thursday, 14 April 2011

Peacocks on Hutton Roof

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(Please click over sketch to enlarge) At around 0915hrs had a quick look on the North Lundsfield Old Quarry site at Carnforth. I had in son...
Wednesday, 13 April 2011

Tree Pipit and Hawfinch at Dalton plus Yellow Archangel in Arnside

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Wednesday April 13th 2011. (0730hrs-0830hrs) Had a walk up from Plain Quarry to Trig point and back. Did have one singing Tree Pipit, half w...
Tuesday, 12 April 2011

No Shrike again, possibly moved on!!......

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Tuesday April 12th 2011 (0800hrs-0930hrs) No Shrike, No Tree Pipits calling, No Stonechat calling, just the odd Mipit on territory and the ...
Monday, 11 April 2011

No Shrike today and generally quiet, but did have Red Admiral

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Monday April 11th 2011 (1300hrs - 1630hrs) Shrike not seen again today, check out all the usual places on Dalton (deforested), Trig and th...
Sunday, 10 April 2011

No Shrike today, but lots of Peacock Butterflies

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Sunday April 10th 2011 (1400hrs-1530hrs) Plain Quarry to Trig and return. Shrike not seen today, everything so quiet, just the odd Meadow Pi...
Saturday, 9 April 2011

GG Shrike & Migration

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(Please click over sketches to enlarge) Its now 0800hrs and earlier I had my first returning Blackcap singing from the Hawthorn Bank (Vicar...
Friday, 8 April 2011

Tree Pipit arrived back on Dalton 8th April 2011

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(Please click over diary sketch to enlarge) Up at 0500hrs and heard Tawny Owl calling from Glebe Close/Vicarage Lane area of Burton In Ken...