Nightingales - With Apologies for Late Posting - from Chris Formby

On the 18th of May myself and 32 others went to Bainton fisheries to hear some Nightingales. It was my first Nightingale experience so I didn’t know what to expect but i found it very interesting.

We met up at Torpel field at 8pm and then we drove down Bainton fisheries. It was a very beautiful place. We were told about the history of the fishery and I learned that it was a prime spot for Nightingales so we should’ve been able to hear them well – We weren’t there to see them.

We started to walk round the lakes after about half a kilometre walk we heard a Nightingale! I didn’t know what I was listening out for at first but Nightingales have a very distinctive call so I soon knew what we were listening for. As I am helping out with the Landyke trust for my DoE I was made to write down where we had heard the Nightingales. We carried on walking for a bit and heard a few more Nightingales and eventually we ended up on the Heath which is where lots Ash was dumped from the Power stations in the North of England. On the Heath there are lots of different species of Plants and Animals and we even saw a Hobby which are quite rare. We heard 4 Nightingales on the heath which was fascinating but unfortunately the Nightingales weren’t singing their best which was a bit of a shame. However it was a very interesting evening and I learned lots from it.

I enjoyed it very much and I would defiantly like to go Nightingale listening again.