Tuesday 15 October 2024
Bradshaw Fields - very poor visiblity
Monday 14 October 2024
Local Fields (Again)
On the buses this morning with the 502 to Keighley quickly followed by the Bradford - Keighley shuttle as far a East Riddlesden Hall.
We then walked along the canal into Bingley, called in to the jam packed Wetherspoons for a very enjoyable small lunch.
Nothing much, bird wise, seen on the walk just 9 Mute Swan.
Later on I had my now usual late-ish walk along the local fields.
A very sunny day - quite cold in Bradshaw early on which fooled us into pitting too many layers on - sweating a tad by the time we got to Bingley!!
Birds:-
Chiffchaff.
2 Little Owl.
2 Mistle Thrush.
4 Meadow Pipit.
c20 Gulls.
Barn Owl.
Great Spotted Woodpecker a long way off!!
Quiz:
Elapidae, acanthopis and taipan are all types of which animal?
Quiz Answer:
Snakes.
Sunday 13 October 2024
Ringstone / Local Fields Again
We took Emma to Craggies Café this afternoon and afterwards I had a short stint at Ringstone.
It was very, very calm with no wind and the water like a looking glass.
The farmer was doing something very technical ,with a tractor and an accoutrement ,to the ploughed field which probably did not help.
Nothing much on the water when we arrived but lots of Gulls on the water as we drove off later.
A distant piece of wood attached to a fence post (that I ignored at first) flew off and morphed into a Green Woodpecker - no photo - doh!
Late afternoon I had my usual walk along some very calm and quiet local fields.
A short garden sky watch this a.m. did not reveal Owt - a Mistle Thrush inspected my leaf sweeping skills from a telegraph pole though.
Quiz:
In which US T.V. series would you find the characters Kima, Greggs, William Rawls and Beadie Russell?
Birds:-
Ringstone:
Many, many Gulls.
Lapwing. Starling.
Rook, Carrion Crow. Jackdaw.
c30 Goldfinch.
Greenfinch.
8 Pied Wagtail.
At least 3 Stock Dove.
Mallard.
Bradshaw Fields:-
Red Legged Partridge calling - distant - unseen.
2 Little Owl.
Pheasant.
Wren.
A few Small Gulls.
Peregrine Falcon seen in Halifax.
Ringstone:
Quiz Answer.
The Wire.
Saturday 12 October 2024
Local Fields
Abi with us today and the bit of my garden sky watch this morning was... whatever!
I had an early afternoon birding walk along the local fields.
Cool and drafty but not a bad outing given that I only cross 3 fields!
On our way back from dropping Abi at Wakefield the heavens opened and there was some unusual cloud formations.
At the roundabout, before the Odsal Top one, a Buzzard was being mobbed by crows.
Birds:-
4 Blackbird. House Sparrow. Chaffinch. Woodpigeon.
C10 Common Gull. 2 Black Headed Gull. 6 Lesser Black-backed Gull.
2 Little Owl (at least). Green Woodpecker.
At least 2 Stonechat distant (possibly 4 - could not see 4 together though).
Kestrel mobbed by 3 Jackdaw.
Mistle Thrush. 2 Meadow Pipit.
Singing Chiffchaff.
Wren. Dunnock.
Greenfinch heard from the garden later.
Quiz:
Which actress starred in Little Children, Enigma and All the King's Men?
Answer lower down.
Quiz Answer:-
Kate Winslett