Ringstone

15:40 - 17:00

I slipped up a bit with the weather today, struggling to find some birding enthusiasm after Soil Hill not producing much, so while the sun shone this morning I went to Tesco's Queensbury to up my vittles supply.

Later I sat in the garden supping coffee and doing the crossword.

I scanned the sky now and again and this paid off when I spotted a Red Kite, high , distant, to the south of me. I tried for a photograph but failed to pick it out in the viewfinder and I could not pick it out with the bins again. I am happy it was a Red Kite, however.

After lunch, crossword done, I sat and read my new detective novel.

The weather deteriorated and sent me inside.

Eventually boredom took over and I managed to frame me sen and get my fat behind in gear and drive over to check out Ringstone Reservoir at Barkisland.

The weather here was very poor with drizzle of  varying strengths throughout.

After an hour and having seen nothing spec-tack-u-lar I decided to call it a day.

Just I was about to leave the reservoir wall for my car a bird flitted about on the cobbles - a Yellow Wagtail.

It stayed a bit before flying off. I stayed a bit longer and another look behind the big stome circular structure revealed two Yellow Wagtail but they flushed immediately , so I did not get a picture of the second bird but it looked like the same sex as the first.

Birds:

2 Yellow Wagtail.

2 Great Crested Grebe,

2 Pied Wagtail.

2 Swift.

20+ Swallow.

Skylark.

2 Oystercatcher

36 Lesser Black-backed Gull at one point.

2 Herring Gulls.

2 Lapwing.

2 Meadow Pipit - One carrying nesting material.

Mallard.

Many Carrion Crow - distant in the north field with a few Rooks.