Long-tailed
Tit |
Willow
Tit |
Marsh
Tit |
Coal
Tit |
Blue
Tit |
LONG-TAILED
TIT
Aegithalus caudatus
Common resident breeder.
No apparent change in status, common throughout the area.
WILLOW
TIT
Parus Montanus
Scarce and decreasing resident
A desperate outlook for this species with only singles noted at Lindley Trout Farm on 20th March and 23rd April (TK).
MARSH
TIT
Parus palustris
Scarce resident.
Two birds were seen at a site in the east of the area on 9th January (AJ). This site held up to four birds in late 2002. A single bird was seen on six dates between 11th January and 5th April at Barden Bridge (PC, MD et al).
COAL
TIT
Parus ater.
Resident breeder.
No noticeable change in breeding status. Visible migration sites noted larger than usual numbers during September and October, which coincided with an influx all down the East Coast and, at other inland migration sites.
BLUE
TIT
Parus caeruleus
Abundant resident breeder.
No apparent change in status.
GREAT
TIT
Parus major.
Abundant resident breeder.
No apparent change in status.
WOOD
NUTHATCH
Sitta europaea.
Resident breeder.
Reported from all the main strongholds such as Middleton, Hirst and Strid Woods, St Ives and Esholt. Breeding was confirmed only at Middleton Woods but must have taken place at many woodland localities, as there appears to be no change in status. It is still surprisingly scarce in the Washburn Valley, with the area around Blubberhouses Hall being the most likely place to encounter this species. Again Nuthatches were recorded from a number of gardens.
EURASIAN
TREECREEPER
Certhia familiaris.
Resident breeder.
There is no reason to suspect any change in the status in this widespread species. There were many records from throughout the area, with birds often associating with flocks of tits and crests. One bird was caught and ringed at the unusual location of Kex Gill Quarry in early October.
Breeding was confirmed at both Howgill and Middleton Woods.
RED
BACKED SHRIKE Lanius collurio
Rare passage visitor
A male was seen and photographed on Barden Moor on 15th June (T Munsey).
GREAT
GREY SHRIKE
Lanius excubitor
Scarce passage/winter visitor
One was present on Pole Road in the Slippery Ford area from 9th-11th April (JB et al).