Soil Hill
The usual stroll this aft, up and around Soil Hill.
It was a pleasure to bump into and have a chat with Dan B. on Perseverance Road, who pointed out a distant Stock Dove.
There was a large Lapwing flock near the Raggalds.
A lovely sunny afternoon brought with it a few birds here.
Taylor Lane had a Little Owl sat on a fence post.
A pr. Kestrel were sharing an electricity pole but they soon fell out, with one quickly leaving the scene.
A Meadow Pipit was on a wall near the mast compound.
A Reed Bunting flushed from the East side and flew north, after 200 yds it was joined by a second bird, possibly a second Reed Bunt.
There were 6 ducks - miles away - on the lower NK pond.
4 Possibly were Teal but the pictures are very poor.
c15 Lapwing were feeding in the lower north end fields.
Just possible that there is a Golden Plover in with the Lapwing but the picture is poor at that distance.
A pr. Stonechat were on Ned Hill Track.
A Mistle Thrush was nearer home.
Not a bad outing on a lovely sunny day.
17:00 ...........We interupt this blog so Grandad John can play 'play your cards right' with Abigail........
Coley Church - Priestly Green - North Edge Lane.
9:45 - 12:15
I enjoyed a walk around Priestly Green area this morning.
It was very dull at home with a glimmer of brightness on the horizon as I looked down to Halifax.
I parked at Coley Church and the brightness soon arrived making it a lovely sunny morning for a walk.
2 Cormorants flew over > SE as I put my boots on.
I walked down the bridleway next to the church and took a right at the bottom. A left turn onto a bridleway, at the big 'White House', at Priestley Green led down towards the A58.
In the White House garden a Great Spotted Woodpecker was drumming - my first drummer of 2017 - I wasn't sure if 20 th January was a significant early date for a GSW to be heard drumming.
A Nuthatch was in the trees here with a Goldcrest.
A tad further down I took a left across the fields and was rewarded with a calling Buzzard which soon came into view.
Also here was a singing Song Thrush and a Jay.
A very large flock of Jackdaw were flying very high up and swooping up and down really enjoying themselves.
I retraced my steps and went up North Edge Lane.
Here again it was busy with birds with c10 Long Tailed Tit. 3 Fieldfare and a Mistle Thrush, and others seen.
No Lesser Pecker ..............YET.
Birds Priestly Green Area:
Common Gull, Black Headed Gull, Wren, Dunnock, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long Tailed Tit, Robin, Woodpigeon, Collard Dove, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, Magpie, Cormorant, Nuthatch, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Chaffinch, Jay, Song Thrush,Goldcrest, Goldfinch, Buzzard, Fieldfare, Bullfinch (heard not seen), Mistle Thrush, Starling, Greenfinch.
Soil Hill:
Lapwing over Raggalds
Pr. Kestrel (bottom left) and (top right)
Some rubbishy long distance photo's of ducks on lower NK pond
Zoomed and cropped - Possible Teal
6th bird in from the right - possible Golden Plover - then again - poor long distance photo
Priestley Green:
Drumming Great Spotted Woodpecker
Robin of the day
Strange behaviour of Jackdaw high in the sky
Could have been your Teal I got on Fly Flatts this p.m.
ReplyDeleteA good variety of birds. The two on the electric pole are both Kestrels.
Thanks for that Bri.
ReplyDeleteI did wonder why a Sparrowhawk and a Kestrel would be so near one another, and thought they were both Kestrel at the time.
When I looked at the photo I saw a massive size difference betwwen the two and thought the larger bird was a Sparrowhawk - must be a trick of the light.
Tough going at Leeshaw of late.
It seems vey full these days as well.
Good luck for the week-end.
John
Some nice pics there John, well done
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