Recent News - Wye Valley

30 June 2010

Tideswell Dale: Spotted Flycatcher - 1

28 June 2010

Miller's Dale station: House Martin - 6 - 3 active nests each with 2+ young.

16 May 2010

Cressbrook Dale: Chiffchaff - 1 - Singing near the bottom of the dale

05 May 2010

Miller's Dale: Redstart - 4 ; Whitethroat - 2 ; Blackcap - 2 ; Garden Warbler - 2
Monsal Dale: Green Woodpecker - 1
Priestcliffe Lees: Skylark - 2 ; Wheatear - 2
Tideswell Dale: Lesser Whitethroat - 1

24 April 2010

Miller's Dale: Raven - 1 - over Cramside Wood ; Buzzard - 3 - over Cramside Wood

10 April 2010

Miller's Dale: Chiffchaff - Numerous ; Blackcap - 2 ; Grey Wagtail - 2 ; Buzzard - 1 ; Willow Tit - 2 - In the trees as you leave the village going along to Water cum Jolly

08 April 2010

Monsal Head: Common Buzzard - 2 - Collecting nesting material. ; , Chiffchaff - 2

27 March 2010

Monsal Head: Osprey - 1 - flew NW over Monsal Head at 11.05

13 March 2010

Miller's Dale: Buzzard - 2 - mewing and circling on Monsal trail near Litton Mill

31 January 2010

Monsal Dale: Treecreeper - 1 - calling

17 January 2010

Monsal Dale: Marsh Tit - 2 - seen from viaduct adjacent to tunnel entrance

23 October 2009

Miller's Dale: Marsh Tit - 2 - With a mixed tit flock
Tideswell Dale: Marsh Tit - 1

04 October 2009

Litton Mill: Little Grebe - 2 - on river
Miller's Dale: Buzzard - 5 - together, soaring
Monsal Dale: Raven - 2 - flew over High Dale ; Goldfinch - c.150 - flock high on hillside in High Dale, among thistles, frequently flying up and around in formation, sometimes landing in low hawthorns, about 3pm. ; Jackdaw - c.50 - flock circling
Monsal Head: Green Woodpecker - 1 - heard

19 September 2009

Miller's Dale: House Martin - 4+ - Two nests with young at Miller's Dale station.
Monsal Dale: Barn Owl - 1 - flew over A 6 at 11.00 pm

10 September 2009

Cressbrook Dale: Nuthatch - 1