I decided to leave the hill alone today, because of
the strong wind, and so I took a trip through the Queensbury Car Park –
formerly known as Brighouse and Denholme Gate Road - to the Hipperholme Area.
The wind was nearly as strong down here, with the large trees swaying about like Billyo;I found
it tough going today. Whatever birds were about were keeping low out of the
wind or flying low between the hedgerows not giving many photo opportunities.
Priestley
Green 10:30 – 12:00
A couple of hours or so saunter around Priestley
Green did not produce anything out of the ordinary I’m afraid.
Goldfinch, Chaffinch, Great & Blue Tit,
Greenfinch, 3 Swallow – flying around high up, a calling Nuthatch and 2 Large
Gulls a long way off (probably LBBG) was all I could muster hereabouts.
Coach
Road 12:30 – 13:30
I tried my luck again hoping for Lesser Spotted
Woodpecker but without any joy.
At one point I thought I was going to come away
without sight nor sound of any type of Pecker, however I did hear and
eventually pick-out a Great Spotted Woodpecker high in a tree.
A second GSW was
also seen on a large truncated tree ‘stump’.
The stump had many a Woodpecker
type hole drilled into it.
Just a calling Nuthatch, Calling Chiffchaff,
Greenfinch and a few others were here for me today.
5 Ducks flew over the house as I was typing this, a
rush outside to get a photo, revealed 4 Mallard and a White Duck Type ah well……
Some nice calm weather is on the way allegedly –
hope it bring some warm sunshine with it.
A Couple of poor pics of the 2 large gulls with some pics cropped.
Remains of a Woodpigeon? Sparrowhawk Prey?
Mallards and a White Job over the house
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