Bye Bye 2024 and a Look Back at 1st 3 months of the Year Just Gone

Today.

To escape the forecast afternoon rain we did our Aldi shop this morning. 

I followed this with a short stroll up the local fields.

The very strong wind blew me flat cap off into a cow field.

I tried on 14 caps before I found mine.

(The old ones are the best).

Not much about in the strong wind.

c70 Small Gulls in the fields plus at least 2 Herring Gulls was about all.

Many Thanks for looking in on my blog and I hope 2025 brings all you wish for.

Also thanks to the Calderdale Birding WhatsApp administrators for their excellent work during the year.

A Few of  My yearly Stats:-

My Calderdale Species List for the Year 2024: 108

My Calderdale Species Life List to 2024: 149.

My UK Life List to 2024: 207.

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New to my Calderdale List this year were:

Slavonian Grebe.

Mediterranean Gull.

Pintail Duck.

Greater Scaup.

Scarlet Tanager.

Red Throated Diver.

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New to UK Life List this year were:

Long Tailed Duck.

Greater Scaup.

Slavonian Grebe.

Scarlet Tanager

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January - February - March 2024

Some photos to remember. 

January 2024.

The usual birding routine this month , the exception was a trip to Pugneys with a Lifer a Long Tailed Duck on the 28th and a Pink Footed Goose and Barnacle Goose in the fields near Luddenden Foot on the 30th.

Long Tailed Duck.

February 2024.

The highlight of this month was a lifer in the shape of a Greater Scaup found on Cromwell Bottom ski Lane by JB.

A Skylark on Soil Hill was a sign of things to come.

Greater Scaup

March 2024.

Highlight of March 2024 was a Pintail Duck on Fly Flatts.

Whooper Swan were at Mixenden and Fly Flatts.

My1st Bradshaw Wheatears were see on 22nd.

A Brown Hare was seen on Taylor Lane.

A visit to Pugneys brought with it the 'usual' goodies.

DJB Introduced me to a Jack Snipe on Soil Hill swamp.

1st Local Linnets for me started to appear.