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Archive for the ‘Caldertop Cottage’ CategoryCaldertop Cottage Nature DiaryMonday, August 9th, 2010
Seen at Caldertop Cottage between 1st and 6th August 2010:-
Pheasants, swallows, swifts, great tits, blue tits, magpies, robins, goldfinches, pied wagtails, collared dove, hares, rabbits, chaffinches, partridges, mallards, wrens, blackbirds, starlings, house sparrows, dunnocks, kestrel, curlew, bullfinch, redshank and pipistrelle bats. Thank you to Kelvin, Sarah, Thomas and Benjamin Raby for a making a note of all these sightings in our Nature Diary.  Sightings from the cottage.Thursday, July 8th, 2010
The following were logged in the cottage nature diary by guests Maggie & Peter Gentry:-
29/6/10 Woodpecker on fat ball on bird table in the garden. Curlew, oystercatchers and magpie seen on the farm. 30/6/10 Swifts around cottage and also swallows and red admiral buterflies. Dunnick, chaffinch and sparrows at the bird table. Blackbirds on the lawn. 2/7/10 Magpie at the bird table. 4/7/10 Young pied wagtail on the garden wall. 3 brown hares in the field next to the cottage.  Tourism AwardsMonday, June 14th, 2010,+Alison+Kelsall+and+Chris+Rose,+Business+Link.JPG) Had the day off on Wednesday 9th June to go to the Lancashire & Blackpool Tourist Board Tourism Awards Ceremony at the Mercure Dunkenhalgh Hotel, Accrington. We were shortlisted in the Sustainable Tourism Award category. After a lovely lunch we were surprised to be awarded Highly Commended in Sustainable Tourism 2010/11 by TV wildlife presenter Michaela Strachan. This is our third award this year - we were awarded a Green Tourism Gold Award in March and a Star Newcomer Award by Wyre Tourism Association in April. Not bad going for our first year of running a self catering cottage!  Swifts under the eaves!Saturday, June 5th, 2010.JPG)  Whilst sitting in the garden having breakfast on a beautiful morning in June we saw the swifts flying around and disappearing under the eaves of the farmhouse to feed their young.  Redshank ChickFriday, June 4th, 2010 .JPG) Exciting afternoon!! Spotted a redshank chick this afternoon - first time I've seen one.Couldn't get a particularly good photograph though because it wouldn't stay still!  Cottage Nature DiaryFriday, June 4th, 2010
Curlews, lapwings, oystercatcher and brown hare spotted.
Thank you to the Todd family for making a note of these sightings in the cottage diary.  Lapwing ChickMonday, May 31st, 2010.JPG)  We went for a walk across the field to check the redshank nest today. The nest was empty and so we had a good look round for redshank chicks but didn't find them, but we did come across three lapwing chicks. Two kept running but one stopped and crouched down in the grass.  Bluebell WalkTuesday, May 25th, 2010  We went for a walk through Calder Vale church wood on Sunday evening to look at the bluebells. They look beautiful! Well worth a visit.  12 DucklingsThursday, May 13th, 2010 The duck that has been waddling around the farm for the past few weeks appeared this afternoon with 12 ducklings. Viewings from the bird hideSunday, May 9th, 2010
3 brown hares, 6 lapwings and 3 oystercatchers spotted from the bird hide.
Thank you to T Osborne for make a note of these sightings.  Redshank NestSunday, May 9th, 2010 Had a walk down the field to check the redshank nest this afternoon. It was sat on the nest when we got there and didn't fly off. You can just see the redshank's tail poking out of the grass.  Cuckoo FlowerSunday, May 9th, 2010 There are lots of cuckoo flowers or lady's smock in full bloom in the field by the bird hide.  Cuckoo!!Sunday, May 9th, 2010
Steve heard the cuckoo this morning for the first time this year. He heard the church bells ringing and then the cuckoo started singing!
 Free range eggs!Friday, May 7th, 2010 Only a few of our free range hens are laying in the shed at the moment so we have been on the lookout for a nest somewhere on the farm. Steve found one today, under an old sheet of tin, surrounded by nettles!  Viewings from the Bird HideThursday, May 6th, 2010 Seen from the bird hide :- Lapwings 62 and 10 chicks, Redshanks 6, Snipe 1, Pheasants 4 cocks and 4 hens, Swallows 8, Starling 6.Many thanks to I Thompson and I Fazackerley of Longridge RSPB for making a note of these sightings.  |
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