Another mostly dull day making for poor pictures.
After a visit to Bri's garage at Queensbury to get the low down we headed off to Coley Church.
We incorporated a café walk (for Sue) , down to Lightcliffe, into the trip which rushed the job a bit - with a visit from the 'Microwave man' due early afternoon.
After the café visit we walked back up to Coley where Sue drove home and left me to do some more birding and then walk home.
The walk home was very pleasant, although mostly road work until Queensbury/ Bradshaw area, and it was that mild I found I'd got too many layers on!
* The route for anyone who might be interested:-*
Coley Lane, Denholme Gate Road, Cross Lane, Cock Hill Lane, Pepper Hill, High Cross Lane, Jackson Hill Lane, Syke Lane, Deanstones Lane, New park Road, Fox Hill Park, Fleet Lane, Old Guy Road, Raggalds, Bradshaw Lane.
Birds:
No sign of the large Chaffinch Flock or any Brambling alas.
There were just a few Chaffinch.
Mistle Thrush, Pied Wagtail, Goldcrest.
Lots of Redwing, very flighty and hard to count but c40 seems a reasonable estimate.
Fewer Fieldfare, maybe 20 or so.
A pair of Owls called loudly from the 'Brambling Area Path' after I had reached the Church heading for home.
They were probably Little Owl - but they had very loud calls?
Not sure if Tawny Owls call during the day.
I'll have to check out the Tawny Owl call on t'internet.
c110 Lapwing near the trailer park.
I took several pictures of them and looking through the pics, cannot see any Goldies.
A massive flock of Starling were on the telephone lines near Old Guy Road.
I reckon c1,000 birds were here, and more on the deck.
A disappointment with not seeing any Brambling but I rarely get a positive twitch.
But the bridleway path down through Priestly Green, is a cracking walk anytime of the year and I really enjoyed the walk home.
We are back to Pool Tuesdays, now that the clocks have turned.
Neighbour John will have played snooker all summer so I'll be in for a real pasting - it's always good to get your excuses in early!
The Brambling Path
Now where did I put my Comptometer?
Shame you dipped on the Brambling John ---- keep trying !
ReplyDeleteTawny Owls do occasionally sing in the day, mainly in the breeding season in thick woodland. I suspect Little Owl but who knows. Jays have a great vocabulary as well and are very good at Tawny Owl and Buzzard calls....!
Cheers Dave.
ReplyDeleteProbably Little Owl - the call was right if very loud.
John