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Twitch with Mitch: Wood mouse
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Ornithology and wildlife around East Lancashire, Pendle hill and the Forest of Bowland, by Neil Mitchell. Thursday, 4 October 2012. Brief spells of sunshine this morning, I noticed that one of the voles, wasn't a vole but a wood mouse under the feeders too. Huge ears! Dunnocks can be so mouse-like as they skulk about under the feeders. Also a late (and one of the few I've seen this year) Red Admirals found one of the few flowers still in bloom. I saw a Small Tortoiseshell butterfly today too.
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Twitch with Mitch: October 2009
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Ornithology and wildlife around East Lancashire, Pendle hill and the Forest of Bowland, by Neil Mitchell. Monday, 19 October 2009. Nice weather for ducks @ Leighton moss. Sunday, 11 October 2009. First Redwings positively Id'ed over Billington Viaduct today. I've seen distance flocks over the previous few days but couldnt be 100% certain. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Born in Hamilton, Lanarkshire, now settled in Clitheroe,Lancashire. View my complete profile. Nice weather for ducks @ Leighton moss .
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Twitch with Mitch: May 2010
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Ornithology and wildlife around East Lancashire, Pendle hill and the Forest of Bowland, by Neil Mitchell. Wednesday, 19 May 2010. Thursday, 6 May 2010. 6/5/10 early morning visit to Pendle hill. Got up as early as possible today(5.30), to go and see the reported pair of migrating Dotterel. On top of Pendle hill. I hoped that the mist would burn-off after sunrise but it didnt. The summit was shrouded in mist leaving me with 10 yard visibility. Took me a while to find the Dotterel. Tuesday, 4 May 2010.
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Twitch with Mitch: February 2010
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Ornithology and wildlife around East Lancashire, Pendle hill and the Forest of Bowland, by Neil Mitchell. Wednesday, 17 February 2010. Found a dead Tawny owl (unringed) next to the road at the Eagle at Barrow pub. Hopefully not one of "my" birds. My summer tawny owl roost is only 500m from here. I still havent managed to get the owls to use my nestboxes. The pair usually turn up at the summer roost at the end of April. I'll find out if this was one of the pair then. Wednesday, 3 February 2010. 5 fly-bys ...
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Twitch with Mitch: September 2009
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Ornithology and wildlife around East Lancashire, Pendle hill and the Forest of Bowland, by Neil Mitchell. Tuesday, 22 September 2009. Last Chiffchaff heard in full song today, from grounds of Whalley Abbey. Very nice weather probably confused it. Sunday, 20 September 2009. Last swallows head south. 15 swallows over Barrow today heading purposefully south. Seen whilst I prepared for winter by chopping more logs. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Born in Hamilton, Lanarkshire, now settled in Clitheroe,Lancashire.
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Twitch with Mitch: October 2012
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Ornithology and wildlife around East Lancashire, Pendle hill and the Forest of Bowland, by Neil Mitchell. Wednesday, 17 October 2012. 3 redpoll at Ashleigh today, also a grey wagtail frequenting the garden. Sunday, 14 October 2012. Other sightings. Ashleigh - Jay (many), kestrel, redwing ( c10 over south), 2 owls, 1 peacock b/fly, many 7 spot ladybirds. Avondale - nuthatch, coal tit (min 4), great tit 2, robin, dunnock, sparrows. Saturday, 6 October 2012. Also seen today -. Thursday, 4 October 2012.
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Twitch with Mitch
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Ornithology and wildlife around East Lancashire, Pendle hill and the Forest of Bowland, by Neil Mitchell. Saturday, 6 October 2012. Our comma butterfly emerged from its cocoon last night. Also seen today -. Vole, small tortoisehell butterfly (both ashleigh),. Peacock butterfly, swallow, cormorant, mallard, teal, greylag goose, heron, tufted duck, little grebe, little owl (all stocks). Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Born in Hamilton, Lanarkshire, now settled in Clitheroe,Lancashire.
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Twitch with Mitch: January 2010
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Ornithology and wildlife around East Lancashire, Pendle hill and the Forest of Bowland, by Neil Mitchell. Monday, 25 January 2010. I didn't expect to further my 2010 list on a pissup weekend in Glasgow. but I did. My hotel was right on the Clyde. I saw my first meadow pipit. 78) of the year on a building site in the city centre. After a night out at the Stand comedy club, we dawdled along the river to the nearest weatherspoons for hangover brekkie. Spotted 4 female goldeneye. Where have they all been?
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Twitch with Mitch: October 2010
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Ornithology and wildlife around East Lancashire, Pendle hill and the Forest of Bowland, by Neil Mitchell. Wednesday, 20 October 2010. Due to lack of time to blog properly. I'm now just listing and posting the odd photo on birdforum. I may try to get this blog back up-and-running before 2011. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Born in Hamilton, Lanarkshire, now settled in Clitheroe,Lancashire. View my complete profile. Due to lack of time to blog properly. I. Daily Hen harrier blog. My SCUBA diving video Blog.
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Twitch with Mitch: December 2009
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Ornithology and wildlife around East Lancashire, Pendle hill and the Forest of Bowland, by Neil Mitchell. Monday, 28 December 2009. Pendle hill in the snow. Pretty deep snow up on the hill even though theres been a bit of a thaw down in the valley. Heres a couple of shots of my hiking poles, before and after. The 2nd joint on my poles shows the snow to be about 14 inches deep, on the path, some of the drifts were about 3 feet deep! A few humans had been up here too. Were heard constantly but never seen.
