Recent Sightings at Croasdale
5th May 2026
Red Grouse, 8, (Geoff Carefoot)
8 separate birds seen and/or heard.
Red-legged Partridge, 4
Pheasant, 2
Greylag Goose, 6
3 pairs
Cuckoo, 2
2 Separate birds calling.
Oystercatcher, 2
Lesser Black-backed Gull, 80
Many small groups or singles heading towards gullery
Sparrowhawk, 1
Hunting fast and low, pipit alarm calls even put up the geese
Raven, 1
A high bird
Grasshopper Warbler, 2
2 separate males reeling in valley bottom
Wren, 6
Singers
Ring Ouzel, 5
2 pairs feeding and male calling from top of a rowan.
Stonechat, 2
Pair
Wheatear, 2, Pair
Meadow Pipit, 15
Linnet, 4
But no whinchat or reed bunting.
4th May 2026
Red Grouse, 1, (David Bickerton)
Red-legged Partridge, 2
Cuckoo, 2
Curlew, 4
Buzzard, 4
Willow Warbler, 6
Whitethroat, 1
Ring Ouzel, 1, Singing male
Redstart, 2
Wheatear, 1, Female
Linnet, 4