After having my ears lowered , we had a visit to make to Sowerby Bridge this morning and I took the chance to visit Ringstone Reservoir, Barkisland.
Barkisland Post Office provided the lunch - a toasted currant T cake and a yoghurt - kept away from the delicious pies today!
It was nice to chat to Pete G who was at the reservoir, there scoping the joint.
A Yorkshire Water official was walking the west side kerbstones next to the water, so I gave my usual walk a miss today, thinking that he would have flushed owt along the west side.
My Merlin app reported a calling Arctic Tern - the call (if it was the same one) reminded me of a Great Spotted Woodpecker's call.
Later, after I played a pretty rubbish video of the same call, taken here, Merlin reported a Grey Partridge?
Probably the right time for a migrating Arctic Tern although the call was coming from the north side trees.
Half decent photos were difficult to get today and looking through them I've dragged a couple out for your perusal.
I think one is probably a Common Gull and the other one is probably a Black Headed Gull although it looks to be very white and might just be a Med, Gull - clutching at straw's again!!
Birds:-
3 Cormorant.
3 Tufted Duck.
Canada Geese.
2 Great Crested Grebe.
c6 Lesser Black-backed Gulls.
c60 Black Headed Gull.
Possibly 1 Common Gull.
Juv. Moorhen.
Swallows.
Lapwing.
Mallard.
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