visit to the peak district

[seamusagleann]

next month i'm going to the peak district for a ranger meeting,near castleton ,just a few miles from sheffield, i'm hoping to see ,two birds i've not seen,the green woodpecker and nuthatch! does anyone know if they can be spotted there!!

[smartie]

I've a friend from that area arriving tomorrow for a visit. I'll ask him for advice if no-one else comes up with anything today. He's a keen birder so may know where is best to go.

Now, how to make sure I don't forget....

[kiltoncomp]

Originally Posted by seamusagleann

next month i'm going to the peak district for a ranger meeting,near castleton ,just a few miles from sheffield, i'm hoping to see ,two birds i've not seen,the green woodpecker and nuthatch! does anyone know if they can be spotted there!!

i dont know what the situation is nr Castleton, but Clumber Park and Sherwood Forest are about 16 miles east of Sheffield and have a good population of both species,
while birds are not my no1 interest, they are both some of the birds i see (and hear!!) in both places, on a regular basis,

Brian.

[Ruth Daniel]

RSPB Coombes Valley is in the Peak District tho I'm not too sure quite how far from Castleton it is but the wooded valley there is good for Nuthatch and Green Woodpecker!

http://www.rspb.org.uk/reserves/guid...rnet/index.asp

[ChrisJB]

Originally Posted by seamusagleann

next month i'm going to the peak district for a ranger meeting,near castleton ,just a few miles from sheffield, i'm hoping to see ,two birds i've not seen,the green woodpecker and nuthatch! does anyone know if they can be spotted there!!

You going to Lose Hill Hall Seamus? Any reasonable sized patch of woodland round Castleton will have Nuthatches (if you are familiar with their calls it will help a great deal). Green Woodpeckers will be less easy, though the Edale valley just to the north of the 'Great Ridge' (Mam Tor - Lose Hill ridge) I suspect would be better. Another good woodland that would be worth a try, would be Padley Gorge, near Grindleford. It's about ten to fifteen miles away, but an excellent upland oak wood, with Wood Warbler, Redstart and Pied Flycatcher as well, in season.
Happy hunting.

Regards, Chris

[FungiJohn]

Hi Seamus,

Both should be found at the feeding stations on the Longshaw estate near Fox House. You will certainly get nuthatch's there.

As Brian mentioned, many varieties can also be found easily at Clumber Park.

Hope you have a good time ... I'm sure you will

John

[seamusagleann]

wow!!! thanks everyone for the advice!!! it is in fact at lose hill hall that i'm going so i will look out for species that i have never seen!!! thanks!!!

[sunnydale]

It's funny, but I seem to see Nuthatches on quite a few of my walks in the Peak District, especially when I'm down in any of the Derbyshire Dales.

There is a NH that feeds throughout the day, just about every day, at Fairholmes Car Park/Visitor Centre....from the feeding station that was built there.

[Jim Ford]

Originally Posted by sunnydale

There is a NH that feeds throughout the day, just about every day, at Fairholmes Car Park/Visitor Centre....from the feeding station that was built there.

I would think that Fairholmes is a good bet for nuthatches, also very tame chaffinches. Further up the Derwent Valley is quite wooded, so woodpeckers are likely.

Some years ago there was an excellent fish and chip shop off the main square in Castleton!

Forget Hope - lovely name for a dump dominated by a cement works!

Jim

[seamusagleann]

at last!! i'm off tommorrow!! should be a great trip!!!