St. Peter's Avenue - Sowerby Bridge
I had an hours walk about up St Peter's Avenue yesterday hoping for a Brambling (I was fortunate to photo one last year,here, on 1st February).
No luck today with the Brambling just loads of Starling and Gulls about.
Bradshaw - Soil Hill
11:20 - 13:00.
Another day, another Snow Bunting hunt.
I took a walk up and around Soil Hill late
morning, dropped some birdseed and had a 45 minute tour.
There is a lot of snow up here yet,with only a
few clear patches, so I guess this isn't helping the birding situation.
The hill was bereft of Snow Bunting.
A Wren was in the wall opposite the comms. mast.
There was one hardy Skylark singing when I
arrived and I did espy a second one later on.
A couple of Carrion Crow were hanging
about and as I looked down towards Denholme Cricket field I thought I heard a faint Little Owl call, however a solitary, calling, Lapwing came into view negating
my Little Owl!!
20 Small Gulls were airborne over Ogden
and a Robin was in the hedge near the white cottage on Perseverance Road and a
Pied Wagtail was on the buildings at Laverrock Hall Farm.
A second Wren was on the Koi Carp farm
wall.
A few small birds were seen on the way
home, and at the time, I thought I might have seen a couple of Herring Gull, one of which I managed a fairish picture of.
However looking at the photo, I now think they were Common Gull, because of the eye colour but ...................... my gull ID skills are rubbish.
I hope I'm not alone struggling with Gull Identification.
This must be the calm before the storm.
Thaw coming mid-week with Snow Bunt &
Wheatear on Soil Hill by next Thursday - or I'll eat my gloves!!
A few moody sky pics are also included looking South West from Bailiff Bridge top on the way home from Abigail's this evening.
Sowerby Bridge - St. Peter's Avenue:
Soil Hill.
Stodley Pike in the far distance
The main Snow bunting track
At last a bird to photograph - albeit miles away
Up, Up and away
I though I was going to blob with a Robin pic today.
Common Gull I believe.
Baliff Bridge:
Nice sky and snow scenes, hopefully the last of the latter although they are promising us a white Easter.
ReplyDeleteRight on the Common gull.
Cheers Bri.
ReplyDeleteSo short of something special to photo of late,I was hoping for Herring Gull.
I've never ID one in flight locally ( bit I bet I've seen plenty over the years)!!
John
Herring Gulls will gladly take your F and C at the seaside ! Inland they can be tricky at a distance. They don't usually stay without a decent active landfill site- we just get flyovers in winter mainly.
ReplyDeleteCheers Dave.
ReplyDeleteJohn