Saturday, 22 March 2025

Cold Edge To Mixenden Res

The much hyped rainfall failed to materialise 😊. This trip was an improvement on my last visit here by a whisker or three.

Curlew were thinly widespread and busy calling. 3 Lapwing seen including a pair acting territorially.
1 each Oystercatcher and my first Redshank of the year.
2 Skyark, 7 Meadow Pipit. 1 Blackbird. 2 Goldfinch. 1 Chaffinch ditto Dunnock.
4 Greylag & c30 Canada in the fields. Both dams were full of water only.

Mixenden Res didn’t have anything on the water. The woods were generally quiet - 2 Blackbird 1 Coal Tit & a loudly guffawing Green Woodpecker.