Priestley
Green
9:30
– 12-00
I resumed my hunt for the ‘elusive’ Lesser Spotted
Woodpecker on a really beautiful sunny spring-like morning.
After a few really good days birding my hopes were
high but it was a bit like “After the Lord Mayors show come the …… cart” .
Priestley Green is a lovely area to saunter around
and there is Lightcliffe Tearooms to visit as well.
I went down the track (next to the large white
house) – the track that leads down towards Hell Fire Crossroads on the A58.
A Buzzard called for a good 5 minutes, from close by, but I
(and a passing hiker) failed to locate it.
A Mistle Thrush was singing here also.
The walk to the A58 and back produced lots of the
usual species:-
Wrens, Blue & Great Tits, Chaffinch, Greenfinch,
Goldfinch, Dunnock and others.
There were 3 Chiffchaff heard during the stroll but
no Willow Warbler.
A lovely surprise awaited me on my return to the
road – 3 Swallow.
A couple more singing Chiffchaffs, a Great Spotted
Woodpecker drumming and another GSW calling plus a Nuthatch were along Shutts
Lane and up towards Coley Church.
Coach
Road
12:30
– 14:00
The lesser pecker hunt along Coach Road turned up 3 Great
Spotted Woodpecker, all drumming and a Green Woodpecker was seen briefly flying
across the rough field North of the golf course.
4 Singing Chiffchaff, 3 Long Tailed Tit, 3 Nuthatch
along with the regulars were seen hereabouts. Also a Butterfly and a few bees
about.
A cheeky Weasel kept a beady eye on me from the wall
top on Coach Road near the school path but the lesser pecker failed to show.
Enjoy your weekend when it gets to you.
Enjoy your weekend when it gets to you.
Lost of peckers but few photos
Some greenery showing on the school path
A cheeky Weasel
My first butterfly of the year
Need some local swallows for the weekend.
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