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2002 archive
Swaledale Birds
2002 Sightings
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


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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