SE075388
Specialities |
| Wheatear |
| Linnet |
| Stonechat |
Harden
Moor is a small heather moor which is isolated from Rombalds Moor and
the Pennines. Because of it's isolation it has few Red Grouse. Stonechat,
Meadow Pipits and Linnets do breed here. At one end it over looks Ryecroft
& Harden Villages and has a working quarry. The other end has
a gully known as Deep Cliffe where an deciduous woodland grows. At the
top of Deep Cliffe is farmland which attracts migrants such as Wheatears,
Redstarts and twice now Black Redstart. The woodland has also recorded
breeding Pied Flycatcher in the past.
The Ryecroft end has a few shrubs and bushes which attract Garden Warbler to breed every year. Other birds of interest seen regularly are: Curlew, Lapwing, Whitethroat, Green Woodpecker and Cuckoo. This moorland has an under watched visible migration potential.
The Ryecroft end has a few shrubs and bushes which attract Garden Warbler to breed every year. Other birds of interest seen regularly are: Curlew, Lapwing, Whitethroat, Green Woodpecker and Cuckoo. This moorland has an under watched visible migration potential.
| Notable
Sigtings - 2004 |
| 20th June 2004 The final Cuckoo, thus this species was only recorded in the area for less than two months. |