Thursday, 11 December 2025

Cromwell Bottom NR

I had a lunch appointment with friends at the Golden Hind Chippy in Brighouse this lunchtime.

I decided to take the opportunity to look at Cromwell Bottom (mainly ski lake) while I was down there.

Getting there was a bit of a pain with some major roadworks right on Shelf Roundabout causing some long queues at 9:15 a.m.

I would not want to be going through here at rush hour!

A bright, pleasant day for a change but the ski lake was a bit disappointing really.

A large nuber of Gulls and Cormorant were way over to my left as I looked through the railing.

The view through the railings was not too bad with a lot of the leaves off the trees.

The lagoon is sporting some water now but no birds were seen on it alas.

It was good to chat with Mick & Kath who were doing their usual birding walk.

Birds:-

15 Tufted Duck way over the far side.

Redhead Goosander.

13 Cormorant.

Black Headed, Lesser Black-backed, Common and Herring Gulls.

Coot, 2 Moorhen.

Mallard, Canada Geese.

2 Heron. Chaffinch. Goldfinch. Blackbird. Robin. Dunnock.

Pied Wagtail.  Nuthatch.

Long Tailed, Coal, Great and Blue Tits.

2 Siskin.

Peregrine on Knowles Chimney (Dragged out of a speculative photo).


Mallard








Lesser Black-backed Gull?











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