Generally a very busy morning apart from the inevitable crap patch at Ogden Res.
RFlood: 1 each Lapwing & Redshank, 4 Crows.
RFlood: 1 each Lapwing & Redshank, 4 Crows.
Soil Hill: Pr Oystercatcher, 1 m Wheatear, 2 Curlew, pr Canada, Lapwing, 1 WW.
Ned Hill track was lively with 3 WW and mebbe 3 Whitethroat. There was certainly a pr indulging themselves calling, singing, chasing and general mayhem. Also Swallow, Blackbird and Dunnock here.
Ned Hill track was lively with 3 WW and mebbe 3 Whitethroat. There was certainly a pr indulging themselves calling, singing, chasing and general mayhem. Also Swallow, Blackbird and Dunnock here.
Ogden Res was unbearably dull with just 4 Greylag over > SW so I crawled up to the Giants Tooth. I was hoping for Tree Pipit and Spotted Flycatcher; I'd have done better entering Miss Queensbury Pageant 2018.
I did however get 2 good birds in flight namely Redpoll & Crossbill, the latter calling loudly. Also Red Grouse and couple of Curlew on the Moorside.
I did however get 2 good birds in flight namely Redpoll & Crossbill, the latter calling loudly. Also Red Grouse and couple of Curlew on the Moorside.
In the golf course rough nr the stile a Whinchat sang twice weakly then gave a good audible burst from a nearby bush. It then stopped and was never heard again and I gave up on eyeballing it.
Hunter Hill bottom coughed up a pr of Curlew and 2 pr Wheatear. A single Blackbird and Swallow were also seen.
Mixenden Res supported the presumably same long staying pr Goldeneye, 1 each Grey Wagtail & Oystercatcher plus 8 Greylag which departed in the Cold Edge direction as I was leaving. Others incl WW, Chiffchaff, Collared Dove & Jackdaw.
