Saturday early am at an hour I didn't know existed a Tawny Owl was rockin n rollin noisily for a couple minutes from the trees over the back yard. It had a nearby companion; a Roe Deer was barking mad and loud with it too.
From DM via Whats App:
Hi Nigel. Shibden park woods, sunny vale and hipperholme and chelsea woods.
6 singing chiffchaff - 2 seen. 2 nuthatch, 3 mistle thrush and a female blackcap (thanks nk for the id).
The fishing pond at Sunny Vale full of Canada geese, dullards and coots until two grey heron flew in. Woods produced several chaffinch, a coal tit, 4 Jays and a gsw. A quick detour to the quarry was rewarded with 2 willow warblers.
Yesterday the back roads of Northowram produced 3 swallows, a tree creeper, a little owl and 2 willow warblers.
