Out and About

It was another very wet and windy morning and with a few errands to run I thought I’d take the camera along, just in case.

First stop was Birdcage Lane area where I had a peek at the feeders at Ing Royde.

There was a good selection of birds in the garden with Great Spotted Woodpecker taking first prize. Other birds were Nuthatch, Song Thrush, Chaffinch, Blue & Great Tit , Robin and Blackbird.

An acrobatic Jackdaw was helping itself to the food in the fat ball feeders.

A trip to Brighouse was next and, on the way there, a kingfisher flew across the Elland to Brighouse road.

We made a 10 min. detour to Jay House Lane.

This Sandpiper is becoming quite an obsession with me,with this visit being my third visit in a few days.

This visit proved futile, like all the previous ones, with no sign of the Sandpiper. 

A f. Bullfinch was in the trees nearby and there was at least 7 Stock Dove and over a dozen Magpie in the fields, when an extremely heavy cloudburst sent us scurrying to a café in Brighouse for a lunchtime bacon butty – another obsession at the moment!

On the way home we stopped at Queensbury Celtic , Pit Lane football pitch where there was a large flock of c130 Lapwing hunkered down with a large flock of Staring (possibly 350 birds in two groups) feeding.

I did not see any Goldies in with the Lapwing but, here again, a heavy squally shower sent me running for cover – wimp!!

Raggalds Flood looked bereft of wildlife as I passed on the way to Kelham Farm Shop.

I was told a joke last night in the Fleece, just before I and my neighbour John got a real drubbing by Stewart ,at Pool – we're not inviting Stewart again – these Queensburyites - they have no decorum. 

In order to be invited back they need to loose a game now and then.

Joke:

What is the difference between a Hippo and a Zippo?

One is a big heavy animal and the other’s a little lighter.

At least I found someone who can tell worse jokes than me.

Roll on the dry weather when I can, hopefully, get my walking boots on again.

Come out, come out wherever you are.

A wild and windy football field