Pink-Footed Geese Over Queensbury

I was walking up Chapel Lane at around 1000 hrs when I jerked to a sudden halt by the sports field behind Springfield. The familiar call of  Pink-footed Geese came from above and lasted for approximately 3 minutes 😁.

My attempts to look skyward were unsuccessful partly owing to roof tops obscuring my view so no visuals. I felt at the time and still do that it was a small party of birds possibly heading SE.

Thanks to BS for informing me that 3 other birders observed flocks of PFGs over a widespread area.

Ogden Water was a pitiful experience. Gulls down to low numbers and no migration evidence seen. A Buzzard called 4 times.

2 Stonechat and 2 Swallow seen at Hunter Hill bottom.

Ogden Water Delivers

BS gave me extra motivation to get to Ogden this morning with his message about the presence of 4 Shelduck 😜.

Fortunately they were still there when I arrived at 1050

hrs.

Not much else to smile about just the culprits that have been lounging around for weeks.

A WW at Carrs Beck.  Stonechat at HH bottom and a Green Woodpecker nearby.

Slow Start At Ogden Warms Up

Not much excitement at Ogden other than I did get the

baby Cormorant seen by BS previously 😅 it was of course a Little Grebe.

Passerines were more active today. 1 WW ditto Nuthatch.

A small Tit party included Coal and LTT. 3/4 Robins seen and heard. A Green Woodpecker was very noisy.

A Stonechat seen at Carrs Beck and a Skylark and a pr Linnet a little further on.

6 House Martin were nearer to Mixenden Res which surprised me in having 3 female Goosander present 😳 😁.

Mobile Bone alignment problems still persist.

Mundane Start Ogden Then Improvement

Talk about being bored 🥱. Only thing standing out at Ogden Water was a good count of Common Gulls. 5

Cormorant still there and thankfully a Buzzard started crying.

My tears 😢 dried up big time at Carrs Beck and Hunter Hill bottom 😁. 7 Stonechat and a bonus Whinchat! 👍.

Also a couple Goldfinch and 7/8 Swallow 

I composed this on my mobile which created problems with alignment 

Windy Cold Edge

A fairly strong W'ly blow put paid to any good birding this morning.

c90 Goldfinch all over the shop. 11 Swallows, 13/14 Meadow Pipit.

1 each Pied Wagtail, Reed Bunting & Stonechat.

3 BHG ditto Common Gull plus the Canada gang.

Good to chat with PS up there.

Cold Edge Dams

A satisfactory session that remained dry and at times muggy.

1 Grey Heron and 10 Lapwing on Leadbeater Dam but nothing much on Haigh Cote worth a mention.

I was able to view a Spotted Flycatcher up near the ruined house but although it remained still a couple of times branches and twigs put me off attempting photography.

2 Stonechat ditto Swallows and Robins. 1 Blackbird, ditto Kestrel, 6 Linnet and a dozen Meadow Pipit. Gulls down to around 7 BHG and a bunch of Canadas.

Ogden Water Abandoned

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