I was on the hunt for something "new" today.
The weather in Bradshaw was decidedly iff this morning.
Sue took Abi to the dentist today....
(Abi is more brave than I am - I hate the dentist)
.... while I drove down to Brighouse to park near the Avocet building.
For a change of route I walked along the road to check the Ski-lake from the hotel car park and then carried on along the road to enter Cromwell Bottom NR.
There must have been a prang on the M62 because there was a queue of traffic from Brighouse to Cromwell Bottom NR.
After a short scoot around I called at a busy Nature Reserve cafe, enjoying a coffee with fruit cake with cheese.
I then had another long scoot around.
Birding: Rule 678.
Never make a list of 'target' birds ( not even in your bonce ) because you'll never see 'um.
Birds:-
A bit disappointing today really, awkward viewing of the lake from the railings 👀 and Ducks were very distant when I checked them out from the hotel car park 👀Boo Hoo.
3 Pairs of Goldeneye plus 1 Female & 2 Males.
18 Tufted Duck.
4 Herring Gull.
7 Cormorant.
5 Moorhen.
3 Coot.
Pied Wagtail.
2 Heron.
Great Spotted Woodpecker.
3 Stock Dove.
Mute Swan.
1 Red Head Goosander.
3 Lesser Black-backed Gull.
1 Male 1 Female Scaup.
'Usual' small Gulls are far as I could tell.
A very smart light coloured large Gull in the fields next to the road is probably a 1st Winter Herring Gull.
Also, the big Herring Gull on the ski-lake buoy was a cool dude.
A Peregrine was on near Knowles Pipe Works on a Chimney scaffold.
Photos in Blogger Order.
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