Wednesday 12 February 2020

Brookfoot(canal), Raggalds and Ogden Water

Another cold and blustery morning with hail showers.
We had to visit Heckmondwike this morning and we called at Brookfoot for a very short walk along the canal on the way home.
The floods have damaged the canal wall in places and also given the galvanised fencing, by the iron bridge, a thumping.
The towpath is very muddy where the water has encroached and we were not 'dressed for the part' , hence the short walk.
I had a nosy at the Raggalds on the way home.

Birds (Brookfoot):

Heron.
1 Cormorant!
Small fast Raptor , prob. Kestrel.
6 Canada Geese.
c20 Small Gulls.
1 Lesser Black-backed Gull.
1 1st/2nd Winter Herring Gull needs 'more work'!
The bird has a long, thin, white head.
Plenty of bird song.


Birds (Raggalds):

Flood - lots of juice - no birds.
Fields - c35 Lapwing.
2 Black Headed Gull.
In excess of 200 Starling.
Another dead bird.

Ogden Water:

2 slow laps of the water, the first a tad quiet, the second an improvement.
Good to see BS and have a natter on the way around.

Pr. Goosander.(Just 1F seen on the 1st lap).
c20 Small Gulls at one point.
1 Lesser Black-backed Gull.
1 Herring Gull.
2 Reed Bunting.
20+ Siskin.
Nuthatch. A tad scarce here.
Loads of Coal, Great and Blue Tits.
c30 Goldfinch.
2 Great Spotted Woodpecker.

A Mink chasing Mallards on the NE pond failed to catch one. A nasty animal with no predators?

An enjoyable couple of hours with birds constantly on the move, keeping the interest going.
No ticks and no 'specials' but the weather was a lot better than expected. Good to be out and about.

Roll on spring - mind you I can do that in bed.

Brookfoot:





Raggalds


Ogden Water:















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