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Swaledale Birds
2002 Sightings
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JULY
23rd. SISKIN pair Langthwaite
20th. NIGHTJAR probable nr Downholme
17th. SPOTTED FLYCATCHER x6 R Swale downstream Grinton
16th. KINGFISHER Upstream Ivelet Bridge
15th. SISKIN (2m + 2f) regular visitors to garden near CB
10th. LITTLE OWL nr Watson House, Arkengarthdale
7th. COMMON SANDPIPER x2 + DIPPER + GREY WAGTAIL x2 + f GOOSANDER
with 8 young R. Swale Grinton
6th. BARNACLE GOOSE x4 + RED BREASTED GOOSE Bolton-On-Swale Gravel
Pits
6th. NIGHTJAR Reported 'churring' in recent weeks in (Very) Upper Swaledale along
with good numbers BLACK GROUSE + 2/3 breeding pairs RING OUZEL+ breeding
GREY PARTRIDGE, CURLEW & LAPWING
GREY PARTRIDGE, CURLEW & LAPWING
JUNE
30th. DIPPER + young Storthwaite Hall, Arkle Beck.
29th. RED RUMPED SWALLOW possible Grinton Bridge
22nd. SNIPE 'drumming' Feetham Pasture nr Low Row
11th. LITTLE OWL x2 nr Downholme
8th. LITTLE OWL nr Radio Mast, Richmond Out Moor
6th. GREYLAG GOOSE c 1000 Bolton-On-Swale Gravel Pit
4th. GREY PARTRIDGE Hurst.
4th. DIPPER upstream Reeth Bridge
4th. RED GROUSE with 3 young, nr Harkerside Place
3rd. RED KITE* single over Kisdon
3rd. RED GROUSE 3 pairs all with young, Calver Hill
3rd. GREY WAGTAIL 2 pairs both with fledged young, nr Storthwaite Hall
3rd. SPOTTED FLYCATCHER upstream Reeth Bridge
3rd. SPARROWHAWK Intake Wood
1st. GREY PARTRIDGE Raw Bank (ref.008018)
1st. GREY PARTRIDGE Stang House (ref.010061)
MAY
30/05/02 PEREGRINE FALCON possible mid-Swaledale
29/05/02 SHORT EARED OWL Whitcliffe (Richmond) area
28/05/02 REDSTART pair nesting nr East Applegarth Farm
27/05/02 BUZZARD x2 Lower Swaledale
25/05/02 GREY WAGTAIL x4 Arkle Beck twixt Langthwaite & Reeth
25/05/02 BUZZARD x3 Mid-Swaledale
18/05/02 GREY PARTRIDGE x2 Ellerton
15/05/02 GREAT CRESTED GREBE + 10 young R Swale upstream Reeth
13/05/02 LINNET x6 Clapgate Bank (ref.120022)
12/05/02 GREY PARTRIDGE x2 Cuckoo Hill
12/05/02 CUCKOO + 3 REDSTART Fremington Edge
11/05/02 LESSER WHITETHROAT Bushes adj. Bolton-on-Swale GP
10/05/02 WHITE WINGED BLACK TERN Bolton-on-Swale Gravel Pits
10/05/02 PIED FLYCATCHER pair Arkle Beck nr Eskeleth Bridge
09/05/02 SWIFT Over Reeth
09/05/02 REDSHANK x2 Pond nr Marske
09/05/02 GREY WAGTAIL x2 R Swale Richmond
08/05/02 SHORT EARED OWL Grinton Moor
07/05/02 SWALLOW Large numbers Ellerton Abbey area
06/05/02 COMMON WHITETHROAT Stop Bridge Lane, Downholme.
05/05/02 WILLOW WARBLER Many singing, Low Common Lane
05/05/02 RED KITE x2 (probable) nr Grinton Lodge
03/05/02 REDSTART (m) Intake Wood Fremington
03/05/02 (Dotterel x8 on Inglebrough.)Bg
APRIL
30/04/02 SHORT EARED OWL West Harkerside
30/04/02 RING OUZEL 3m+1f Slei Gill
30/04/02 WHEATEAR Many around Slei Gill
26/04/02 RUFF Scorton Quarry (Bg)
26/04/02 YELLOW WAGTAIL Bolton-On-Swale Gravel Pits (Bg)
25/04/02 GREYLAG GEESE x10 Grazing nr Stainton Lane End
25/04/02 REDSHANK x2 Stainton Lane 'Scrape'
25/04/02 REDSHANK x2 Pond nr Marske
23/04/02 LITTLE GREBE Pond nr Marske
22/04/02 GOOSANDER Male R Swale nr Grinton
22/04/02 SAND MARTIN 10 ish Heading updale Fremington
22/04/02 COMMON SANDPIPER 2 on Swale below Grinton
22/04/02 GREY PARTRIDGE 2 High Fremington
22/04/02 WILLOW WARBLER 5+ near R Swale 1/2 mile downstream Grinton
20/04/02 LADY AMERHURSTS/GOLDEN PHEASANT ? Female of unknown origin Walburn area
20/04/02 RAVEN near Cocker Hill (The Stang)
20/04/02 WHEATEAR 4+ Slei Gill Arkengarthdale
20/04/02 RING OUZEL x5 Slei Gill Arken'dale.
19/04/02 (Great White Egret reported at Leyburn, flying West)Bg
18/04/02 (Golden Eagle reported Stang Forest) Bg
18/04/02 BLACK GROUSE & GOLDEN PLOVER Kexwith Moor
17/04/02 BUZZARD x2 Fremington Edge
15/04/02 SWALLOW 1st seen Fremington
13/04/02 DIPPER Cogden Gill
+11/04/02 RING OUZEL 2m + f Ivelet Moor
+08/04/02 SWALLOW x3 + c50 FIELDFARE Thwaite
08/04/02 FIELDFARE x25 & CHIFFCHAFF Richmond Out Moor
08/04/02 REDSHANK, TUFTED DUCK x4, Pond nr Marske
07/04/02 FIELDFARE 200+, over Downholme
07/04/02 GOOSANDER x2 River Swale nr Downholme
06/04/02 SISKIN High Fremington
06/04/02 WOODCOCK Intake Wood
05/04/02 STONECHAT, WHINCHAT Slei Gill
02/04/02 (Hoopoe reported in Darlington) Bg
01/04/02 SANDMARTIN x3 OYSTERCATCHER x40 REDSHANK Shingle Beds Reeth
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DECEMBER
29th. BLACKCAP (m) on feeder Back Lane Reeth
25th CORMORANT over R Swale Low Row
8th. BRAMBLING Westfield Gallops Richmond
8th. YELLOWHAMMER + BULLFINCH Westfields Lane Richmond
1st. BULLFINCH (2m + f) opposite Richmond Bats
NOVEMBER 2002
18th. CORMORANT R Swale nr Applegarth Richmond
17th. GOOSANDER (f) R Swale Grinton
17th. KINGFISHER nr Grinton Bridge also TREECREEPER
7th. FIELDFARE + REDWING c300 (jnc 30 Redwing) Low Common
2nd. FIELDFARE large flock Nr Grinton Bridge
2nd. SISKIN 30+ nr Shingle Beds Reeth
1st. BULLFINCH x3 Slei Gill
OCTOBER 2002
31st. STONECHAT x3 Gunnerside Gill
31st. HEN HARRIER (f) Upper Swaledale
30th. BULLFINCH 2/3 Langthwaite
27th. FIELDFARE x40 Stainton Lane
24th. FIELDFARE 30+ Low Common Fremington
23rd. GREEN WOODPECKER Marrick Park
22nd. GREY PARTRIDGE x10 fields nr High Fremington
20th. FIELDFARE (?) x10 Gallowfields Ind. Estate Richmond
18th. SPARROWHAWK nr Arkle Beck Reeth
18th. BULLFINCH pair Stainton Lane/Reeth Rd
17th. BULLFINCH m + lots BLACKBIRDS Low Common Lane Fremington
12th. REDWING odd flocks Reeth area
2nd. PEREGRINE FALCON Southern Swaledale Moor
SEPTEMBER 2002
30th. BARNACLE GOOSE x6 Bolton-OnSwale GP's (thought to have been reared
locally)see 27th also.
28th. WHEATEAR in autumn plumage Richmond Out-Moor
28th. GREY PARTRIDGE c10 fields @ High Fremington
28th. BLACK GROUSE possible squashed on road on Moors twixt Grinton & Leyburn
28th. SPARROWHAWK x2 over High Fremington
27th. GREY PARTRIDGE x11 nr Bolton GP's
27th. BARNACLE GOOSE x5 Bolton-On-Swale Gravel Pits. Also Cape Shelduck
escape click for pic, + Ruddy Duck, Canada Geese, Little Grebe, Greylag Geese,
Snipe, Curlew, Coot, Moorhen + lots Wigeon
26th.(Pectoral Sandpiper, Nosterfield NR Masham)
25th. BARN OWL Downholme Green
23rd. SISKIN c15 Nova Scotia NW of Healaugh (ref.007995) also GREEN
WOODPECKER
22nd.??FIELDFARE x20 nr East Raw Croft, Arkendale.(possibly refers to MISTLE
THRUSH?)
21st. GREEN WOODPECKER Sour Nook nr Downholme Bridge
21st. BUZZARD x2 (3?) Mid-Swaledale
19th. SPARROWHAWK seen taking small bird High Fremington
18th. JAY Ingsque Wood
15th. JAY heard Stop Bridge Lane
15th. (Corncrake Brompton ((presumably nr Northallerton)) found dead under power
lines) Bg
15th. MALLARD x30 R Swale nr Downholme
15th. SISKIN m nr Stop Bridge Lane, Downholme
15th. RED KITE* probable Ingsque Wood (ref.103982)
14th. MERLIN mid-Swaledale Moors
14th. GREY PARTRIDGE x4 Kearton Pasture
13th. (Lapwing 500+ nr Stapleton, Darlington)
??th. LITTLE OWL Hill Top, Kearton
??th. LITTLE OWL nr Shaw Farm, Stang Lane
??th. GREY PARTRIDGE f + 3 juv Surrender Bridge
12th. GREY PARTRIDGE x12 East of High Fremington
4th. CORNCRAKE pair bred with at least 2 young in North Pennines ESA
AUGUST
30th. PEREGRINE FALCON Mid-Swaledale
29th. BUZZARD x7 Arkengarthdale
28th. BUZZARD x3 Intake Wood
27th. BUZZARD x2 nr Reeth
25th. MERLIN x2 Gunnerside area
24th. TUFTED DUCK +3 young. Pond nr Marske
??th. RED KITE* x2 over The Stang
20th. MISTLE THRUSH x70 on wires nr Deepdale Tree (2m west Richmond)
18th. MERLIN Mid-Swaledale moors
17th. LITTLE OWL Downholme Church
??th. LESSER SPOTTED WOODPECKER visiting feeder in Low Row
12th. HEN HARRIER* bred with 6 young within YDNP
11th. DIPPER Gunnerside Gill
11th. SPAROWHAWK Gunnerside Gill
11th. HOUSE MARTIN x15 Gunnerside Gill
10th. COMMON SANDPIPER Shingle Beds Reeth
?th. LITTLE OWL on Marske/Hurst road
8th. NIGHTJAR possible nr High Fremington
8th. LITTLE OWL adj. Intake Wood Fremington
6th. MISTLE THRUSH x12 Fremington
6th. BUZZARD x2 over Intake Wood
2nd. SPARROWHAWK adult + 2 young Intake Wood
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