Ogden Water To Miseryden

Lucky me the downpour stopped as I arrived At Ogden where I saw a flock of Redwing land in the trees. Blackbirds numbered in the mid teens; these spread thinly throughout the area.

The Wigeon swam ashore enabling me to get a mediocre photo. One Teal, 2 Tufted Duck and plenty of mixed Gulls along with a single Cormorant.

A noisy Jay was seen in flight and the only positive thing I can say about Mixenden is I got one there too. Perhaps the same bird being adventurous? 🤔.

Too Cold Edge Dams

A brisk wind from the NW put paid to any birds being on both dams. 3 Greylags seen in the fields along with a Herring Gull and c20 BHG.

A very large flock of Starling were active. A casual estimation puts their number at 850 birds.

5 Continental Blackbirds and a Mistle Thrush seen.

1 Kestrel, 2 Pheasants, plenty of Jackdaws, couple Meadow Pipit ditto Goldfinch.

Ogden Water To Mixendeadend

A fairly good first leg with a falling over a cliff top second leg.

 

3 Teal were kind enough to come into camera range along with a Common Gull.

A drake Tufted Duck and the Little Grebe showed at distance. 1 Mistle Thrush on a pole and the usual gull mix and two Cormorant.

 

JL on the W bank 😊. After I left Ogden the only birds encountered were the expected Caaaawvids, a Meadow Pipit and the Green Woodpecker.

A Disastrous Mixenden To Ogden

What a hellish day with things going awry from the minute I left the hovel. I had to start at Mixenden Res which had a bunch of gulls there but not a squeak from the woods.

The mist helped maintain my misery with a couple of Meadow Pipit being the only birds seen until I started to emerge from the golf course towards Ogden Water.

Then a minor miracle occurred 😳. A WW was calling from the shrubs! It did this 4/5 times as it flitted around before I moved on.

Best we forget about the state of the weather that enveloped Ogden 😢.

Ogden Water Mixenden Route

Was getting ready for Ogden when BS sent me an encouraging text msg. Unfortunately his 3 Whooper Swan had left when I arrived. See West Yorkshire Birding blog.

4 Tufted Duck and 3 Teal still present also 4 Cormorant and the usual mix of gulls. I did have strong suspicions about one being a YLG but the distance factor prevents me from recording with conviction 🤔.

2 Mistle Thrush at Carrs Beck and an overhead Raven. 2 Stonechat and the Green Woodpecker at H Hill bottom. Only a mixed gull collection on Mixenden Res and a casually drumming GSW seen in the wood.

Some Ogden Water Action

Despite the forecast this mornings weather was dry and at times warm.

4 Teal seen and the almost resident Little Grebe was out on the open water.

Bumped into JL on the W path and midway through our chelping we paused to listen to the sound of a party of Pink-footed Geese flying over the trees behind us heading in the direction of Fly Flats 😁.

A Buzzard cried 3/4 times. A Grey Wagtail seen along with c40 Canadas. 2 Cormorant and the large selection of usual gulls.

The bottom of Hunter Hill coughed up the Green Woodpecker and a Stonechat. 

Did someone mention Mixenden? 🤢

Ogden Water To Mixenden

A decent haul this morning at Ogden. Mixenden Res was quiet apart from a good count of gulls.

Ogden: 3 Teal, 1 each Tufted Duck, Goosander & Little Grebe. 3 Cormorant and numerous Gulls both large and small. A Nuthatch called briefly.

A Stonechat was at Carrs Beck and a Green Woodpecker called from Hunter Hill bottom.