Farming for Conservation Award New Laithe Farm Newton-in-Bowland, Clitheroe
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The whole family have great pleasure and satisfaction in recording wildlife both on the farm and in the surrounding area.
Image #1: Morning at New Laithe A 198 acre tenanted farm (Brian and Margaret Breakes) with 200 breeding
Image #2: New Laithe wildlife sheep plus 60 followers. The farm has been in environmental stewardship records for 20 years: restoring 2000m hedgerows and dry stone walls, managing
Image #3: Wader scrapes the land to encourage nesting wading birds and a barn owl, including the development of scrapes and pond creation. Contribution to the AONB
• Erected bird boxes which attract pied with 41 species nesting in 2014. Also record • Bird species list (123 species)
Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus Carrion Crow Corvus corone Greylag Goose Anser anser Raven Corvus corax Canada Goose Branta canadensis Goldcrest Regulus regulus flycatchers and redstart butterflies (21), moths (268), dragon/damsel Shelduck Tadorna tadorna Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Teal Anas crecca Great Tit Parus major Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Coal Tit Periparus ater 2Shoveler Anas clypeata Marsh Tit Poecile palustris Goosander Mergus merganser Skylark Alauda arvensis Quail Coturnix coturnix Sand Martin Riparia riparia flies (14 species), amphibians and mammals Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa Swallow Hirundo rustica Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus House Martin Delichon urbicum Grey Partridge Perdix perdix Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita • A Biological Heritage Site (BHS) with clough Red Kite Milvus milvus Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus Garden Warbler Sylvia borin Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus Whitethroat Sylvia communis Buzzard Buteo buteo Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia woodland corridors with associated species- Meadow management proposals include Osprey Pandion haliaetus Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus • Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus Merlin Falco columbarius Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus Hobby Falco subbuteo Nuthatch Sitta europaea Peregrine Falco peregrinus Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Water Rail Rallus aquaticus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes rich grassland re-introduction of globe flower through Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Starling Sturnus vulgaris Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus Dipper Cinclus cinclus Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus Lapwing Vanellus vanellus Blackbird Turdus merula Curlew Numenius arquata Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Dunlin Calidris alpina Song Thrush Turdus philomelos the Bowland AONB Networks for Nectar Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius Redwing Turdus iliacus Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata Redshank Tringa totanus Robin Erithacus rubecula Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca The family are experienced bird recorders: programme Woodcock Scolopax rusticola Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus • Snipe Gallinago gallinago Whinchat Saxicola rubetra Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Stonechat Saxicola torquatus Common Gull Larus canus Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Dunnock Prunella modularis Herring Gull Larus argentatus House Sparrow Passer domesticus there are 123 species of birds on the farm, Rock Dove / Feral Pigeon Columba livia Tree Sparrow Passer montanus Stock Dove Columba oenas Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Cuckoo Cuculus canorus Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis Barn Owl Tyto alba Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis Little Owl Athene noctua Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Tawny Owl Strix aluco Brambling Fringilla montifringilla Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus Greenfinch Carduelis chloris Swift Apus apus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Siskin Carduelis spinus Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Linnet Carduelis cannabina Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Lesser Redpoll Carduelis cabaret Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos minor Mealy Redpoll Carduelis flammea Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra Magpie Pica pica Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Jay Garrulus glandarius Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 3 Jackdaw Corvus monedula Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus Rook Corvus frugilegus
Brian spoke of the ‘red letter day’: when the Redshank returned to nest on the farm.
Forest of Bowland AONB Anniversary Awards 2014 - 1st November 2014