Emma and Abi to entertain this morning, followed by a snack for lunch in the Secret Garden Café on Brighouse Road.
I had a run out to Oxenhope later in the afternoon, a pleasant outing in the sunshine, but it cooled off later.
A slow saunter along the reservoir path before a short look a bit further along by the stream today.
Birds:-
Common Sandpiper seen early on.
A good few Tufted Duck here again and one particular Tufted that looked very Scaup like.
I've never seen a Scaup and apart from 'no tuft' and a 'black nail bill tip' don't really know what to look for - so my bird is probably a Tufty.
A Redshank was seen later on and I got a few 'half' decent photos of it.
It was up to it's gunnels in mud a lot of the time, which obviously affect the bill and leg colour.
I spent too long waiting for it to fly ,so I could see the wing pattern.
The bird never flew as I watched but it did preen and higher it's wings.
The underwing is showing a lot of white, so I guess that negates Spotted Redshank.
Heron, Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, couple of Swallow, Black Headed Gull and Herring Gull also present.
A Raptor overhead is probably a Kestrel?
Local Fields Evening:
Blackcap, 12 Mistle Thrush, Little Owl, 2 Red Legged Partridge, 4 Stock Dove.
A Kestrel, very distant, was flying a tad erratically, which was a bit odd?
It landed on a pylon wire.
Leeming:
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