SE143558
Nearby
Sites |
Specialities |
| Short-eared Owl |
| Ring Ouzel |
| Buzzard |
| Red Kite |
| Common Sandpiper |
| Sparrow Hawk |
| Ringed Plover |
| Little Stint |
| Raven |
| Snipe |
| Greenshank |
Kex Gill is on the site of a dis-used silica quarry, with scrapes and ponds. It's position high above the valleys makes it an excellent watch point for migrants. Many interesting waders and ducks have been recorded here and in 1997 Glossy Ibis were seen flying overhead.
Notable
Sightings - 2003 |
| 7th March 2003 Three Ringed Plover with a pair staying to breed and raise one juvenile. |
| 16th March 2003 A male Shelduck. |
| 22nd March 2003 A pair of Shoveler. |
| 22nd March 2003 A Kittiwake flying north. |
| 30th March 2003 Three Dunlin. |
| March 2003 17 Oystercatchers. |
| March & April 2003 Six Redshank. |
| Early April 2003 Three Ring Ouzels |
| 13th April 2003 A Jack Snipe |
| 14th April 2003 First record of a Common Sandpiper, and three pairs later bred. |
| 10th July 2003 A Greenshank. |
| 13th July 2003 15 Oystercatchers |
| 16th August and 17th October Single Ring Ouzels (the latter of which was caught and ringed). |
| 4th September 2003 A Marsh Harrier. |
| 17th October 2003 A Song Thrush of the race known as “continental Song Thrush” caught and ringed, a day of heavy thrush movement through the area. |
| October 2003 Four Blackbirds ringed showed characteristics of continental origins |
Notable
Sightings - 2004 |
| 14th March 2004 Pintail |
| 17th March 2004 Ringed Plover |
| 12th April 2004 Ring Ouzel |
| 2nd May 2004 Little Stint |
| 8th August 2004 Greenshank |
| 15th August 2004 Spotted Flycatcher ringed |
| August 2004 Three Ravens |
| 4th September 2004 17 Snipe |
Notable
Sightings - 2005 |
| 29th March 2005 Hen Harrier (ring tail) |
| 7th July 2005 A roost of 100 Curlew. |