A morning out, and a very cold windy morning with intermittent
showers at that.
Leeshaw
10:30.
Cormorant, Kestrel, Pheasant, Mallard.
Usual gull sp., c30 Meadow Pipit flitting about could
not decide where to land.
3 Woodpigeon.
Lower
Laithe.
Quiet.
Usual small gulls as far as I could make out.
Pheasant, Mallard.
Ponden.
Heron, Robin, Chaffinch, Greenfinch, Goldfinch.
Great Spotted Woodpecker (my first this year).
Mallard and a few small gull sp. on the water.
Leeming.
The weather decided to chuck it down as I arrived at
Leeming, so I just went as far as the top of the tarmac road, had a gander over
the wall at the water and returned to car pretty sharpish like!
Just small gull sp. seen with a few Mallard.
Raggalds
Flood.
I had a stop at the RF for a free blow dry (as if I've have any hair worth drying!)
C70 Lapwing stood quietly in the strong breeze.
I must get the old walking boots on more often.
I seemed to be stuck in a bit of a rut.
Leeshaw:
Lower Laithe:
Ponden:
???
Elusive GSW
Elusive Greenfinch
Raggalds Flood:
Oxenhope reservoirs just are,nt producing the goods this year but good effort for trying.
ReplyDeleteStrange act of silhouetting on a gull, the mystery bird.
The gull was a long way off and with nothing happening I took a snap.
ReplyDeleteMost prob. BHG!
John
Real trick of the light there, nearly been caught out a few times in the past with that.
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