Minus 4 on the car this am and a real frozen snowball it was!
A very cold but beautifully sunny day today, great day for a walk.
First job for me this a.m. was to shift the very frozen snow off the drive - good exercise.
Fox tracks were in the garden.
Sue went to visit her old boss in Elland this a.m. and she dropped me at Elland bridge to walk along the river / canal to Brookfoot Avocet works.
A tad slippery along some of the canal and it was frozen in places, but no snow, the river was lower than of late.
Very enjoyable and not all that cold.
After a snack in Brighouse Spoons Sue had an appointment at White Windows ,Sowerby Bridge and I took the opportunity to walk from St, Peter's Church down St Peter's avenue to Fore Lane and up Fore Lane a bit before checking White Windows gardens.
Very cold along Fore Lane in the shade of the houses.
I was hoping to find a Brambling but failed.
Birds:-
Elland - Brookfoot.
Many Gulls on the Ski Lake included Black Headed, Common, Herring and Lesser Black-backed.
3 Mute Swan.
c66 Mallard.
3 Magpie.
2 Jackdaw.
Carrion Crow.
10 Blue Tit.
Great Tit.
c10 Long Tailed Tit.
2 Wren.
7 Blackbird.
3 Song Thrush (one of my bogey birds, but not today).
5 Goosander (2m 3f).
c20 Canada Geese.
2 Treecreeper.
Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming.
2 Robin.
2 Jay.
3 Goldeneye (2 m 1 f). One male displaying to an uninterested female.
5 Tufted Duck.
3 Heron.
Woodpigeon.
Moorhen.
2 Goldcrest.
7 Cormorant.
A fox was on the side of the Ski Lake.
3 Squirrel.
Sowerby:
House Sparrow.
Dunnock.
Goldfinch.
Many Starling - some taking a bath.
Pr. Collard Dove.
Nuthatch.
White Windows.
2 Redwing.
Goldcrest.
Elsewhere.
Peregrine.
And, as usual, a couple of distant high flyer that I have no idea of what they are!
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