Sunday, 2 May 2021

Sat. Evening local outing - Ponden & Leeshaw and a Garden Watch this aft

A late evening outing along the local fields yesterday and a Pr. Red Legged Partridge were good to see.

They normally flush before I have a chance to see them properly.

Having picked them out in the fields they kindly perched on a wall for me!

Maybe they are getting used to me traipsing about?

Ponden and Leeshaw:

Ponden:

A whistle stop visit to a couple of nearby reservoirs this afternoon - another cold one!

The 'usual' species for hereabouts but it was great to see a Red Kite over Ponden (Looking at the bird with numb hands (and a numb head) I mistook it for a Buzzard at the time).

Also here a Common Sandpiper and a possible Great Black-backed Gull , very high overhead, 2 Heron.

Leeshaw:

No sign of last times Dunlin but plenty of shoreline out of view.

2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, Heron

Redshank and Oystercatcher calling and the usual Geese with young now.

A Kestrel was seen near Stanbury.

Garden:

Once I realised I'd seen a Red Kite I had a sit about in the garden for a while - just in case.

A Sparrowhawk, 5 Gulls, 2 Swallow and a Collard Dove came and went.

Another potential Great Black-backed Gull, very high over Oats Royd.

Also over Oats Royd a potential Red Kite but who knows!!

Sat Evening:




Leeshaw:




Ponden:










Garden This Aft:








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