SE 032339
Nearby
Sites |
| Leeming Reservoir |
| Leeshaw Reservoir |
| Fly Flats |
Specialities |
| Pied Flycatcher (passage) |
| Ring Ouzel (passage) |
| Spotted Flycatcher (passage) |
| Sedge Warbler |
| Fieldfare |
| Redwing |
| Lesser Redpoll |
| Siskin |
| Brambling |
| Bullfinch |
Paul
Clough is probably our best site for observing Autumn migration. It is
a small wooded valley, accessed from the Fly Flatts to Oxenhope road.
Large numbers of passerines migrate through this valley each year.
Notable
Sightings - 2003 |
| 28th July 2003 Two Pied Flycatchers on passage and one there the following day. |
| July 2003 41 Goldfinch |
| 21st September 2003 150 Chaffinch on passage |
| September 2003 Up to ten Bullfinch |
Notable
Sightings - 2004 |
| 21st August 2004 Garden Warbler (the year's last sighting). |
| 9th September 2004 Pied Flycatcher on passage. |
| September 2004 Up to three Whinchat on return passage. |
| 2nd October 2004 A Ring Ouzel, which remained for at least two days. |
| 23rd October 2004 700 Fieldfare |
Notable
Sightings - 2005 |
| July 2005 Up to 16 Willow Warblers. |
| 7th August 2005 Three Pied Flycatchers - Passage migrants of this species are not often seen in the recording area, so these were notable. This was the final, and rather early record. |
| 8th August 2005 Six Spotted Flycatchers |
| 2nd & 20th September 2005 when 15 and 11 Great Tits were seen dispersing. |
| 21st September 2005 628 Meadow Pipits on passage. |
| 2nd October 2005 266 Chaffinch |
| 2nd October 2005 63 Siskin passed through |
| 2nd October 2005 150 Lesser Redpoll. |
| 26th October 2005 195 Brambling in small migratory flocks. |
| 26th October 2005 484 Fieldfare on passage. |
Paul
Clough, Oxenhope looking North towards Leeming Reservoir |
Paul
Clough, Oxenhope looking South with Leeming Reservoir on the left
and the village of Oxenhope on the right. |