The usual walk this aft.
The high winds of this morning had abated quite a bit, but it was still toooo windy.
I got lucky with the rain, missing most of it.
Birds:
A disappointing circuit of Ogden where there were c75 Gulls on the deck and 20 or so circling around.
A few Mallard about.
A few small birds were heard on the circuit, but jiust a small flock of c10 Long Tailed Tit were eyeballed.
A 2nd Winter Herring Gull looked in a bad way with a broken foot/leg.
4 Goldfinch were swaying in the top of a conifer as I approached East View Farm on the Bradshaw farm track.
A long stand about, eventually resulted in a Little Owl sighting, which brightened the outing somewhat.
Just a Collard Dove, Woodpigeon and a few Corvids seen on the way home.
Talking of long stands...
A Friend of mine started as an apprentice in a Halifax Engineering Company (remember those) - in the early 60's.
He was told by the 'old hand' who was teaching him, to go to stores and ask for a long stand.
The long stand would make it easier for him to finish the job they were on.
At the Stores, the storeman told him to "stand there, I 'll go get it".
After 30 mins the storeman returned and told him to "go away - you've stood long enough!"
Probably a Chaffinch.
It didn't stay long!
Bradshaw Farm Tack
A really poor photo - but you can't beat 'em
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