Harden Moor

Monday 25th May a.m.

An early walk on the Moor to try and beat the heat from the sun starting at 15°C and still on the rise at 23°C as I finished my walk.  Garden Warblers, Blackcap, Whitethroat, Willow Warbler and Chiffchaff were all seen singing.  Curlews were flying around a couple briefly landing before heading off, a pair of Oystercatchers had two young chicks.  Others seen were Red-legged Partridge, Skylark, Lapwing & Jay. 

Garden Warbler

 

Red-legged Partridge 

Oystercatcher with chicks

Curlew

Willow Warbler

Whitethroat

Garden Warbler on Harden Moor 25/5/2026

Swillington Ings

Sunday 24th May a.m.

A bright sunny start with a temperature of 13°C, right across the site Cetti's Warblers were very vocal.  They were not alone though with Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Whitethroat & Reed Bunting all up singing.  Plenty ducks about too a Gadwall had chicks with it, a female Shoveler had more than a dozen chicks in tow, a Tufted was also seen with chicks, also seen were Pochard & Shelduck.  There were half a dozen Great Crested Grebes seen, Common Terns were making the most of a couple of new floating islands.  A group of five Bearded Tit's passed through the reeds, a Bittern flew across the path just infront of me but my reaction with the camera was woefully slow hence no picture. A good morning which the temperature rose quickly and so I was soon on my way home.

Sedge Warbler

Reed Warbler

Bearded Tit

Common Tern

Gadwall

Pochard

Reed Bunting

Shelduck

Whitethroat

Shoveler 

Shoveler with chick

Shoveler with chicks, Swillington Ings 24/5/2026

TMR

 Friday 22nd May a.m.

After a spell of poor weather a good day got me out up to TMR a BOG restricted access site where the sun was shining at 17°C.  A flock of c50 Starlings were making a din, I preferred the sound of Cuckoo's calling during most of my visit, three were seen flying around together.  The water level is still high but showing signs of dropping, Oystercatcher, LRP, Redshank & Common Sandpiper were seen.  Canadas & Greylags had goslings with them, also seen were Tufteds, Teal & c100 LBB Gulls.  Others seen were Pied Wagtail, Mistle Thrush, Mipit, Red-legged Partridge, Sand Martin, Stonechat, Linnet & Goldfinch. 

Goldfinch

Meadow Pipit

Mistle Thrush

Oystercatcher

Pied Wagtail

Red-legged Partridge 

Redshank 

 

LRP

Common Sandpiper

LBB Gulls

Canadas with goslings

Greylags with goslings at TMR 22/5/2026