Sedge Warbler digi scoped.
Yellow Wagtail digi scoped.
Black-tailed Godwit digi scoped.
Water Rail digi scoped.
Pair of Garganey with young Pochards digi scoped.
Marsh Harrier pair. Panasonic Lumix.
Sanderling at Fly Flats.
Returned to Fly Flats Warley Moor Reservoir with DJS this PM, terrible conditions but we managed, 14 Ringed Plovers, 17 Dunlin, 4 Common Sands, 6 Redshank, 1 Snipe and 1 Sandering, also 2 Grey Partridge near the main gate.
Knot at Fly Flats, Warley Moor Reservoir.
Sanderlings at Fly Flats today.
Went to Fly Flats this PM and met up with NR and later PJWS, another good wader day with 7 Sanderlings, 1 Knot, 13+ Dunlin, 10+ Ringed Plover, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 6+Redshanks, 3 Oystercatchers, 5Common Sands, Curlew, 1 LBBG, 2 Wheatear and 2 Red Grouse.
Male Blackcap singing at Roils Head this PM, also Whitethroat still singing here.
Clouded bordered brindle.
Scalloped Hazel.
Dagger species.
Fly Flats this afternoon had more of a feeling of Morecombe Bay. Visited with Dave and Jen and had 29 Dunlin, 11 Ringed Plover, 6 Redshank, 2 Snipe, 4 Common Sandpipers, 2 Lapwing and a few Curlew, also 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel and 2 Wheatears. No sign of reported Green Sandpiper.
Du du du du du du du der, du du du du du du du dud der. Spent the last few days trying to photograph Jackdaws after recent events but the worst hey fever ever ever kept me inside most of the weekend. What to do then, picked out Black Sabbaths Sabotage album and was reminded of what a great track Symptom of the Universe is, the lyrics dont make much sence but who cares, Ozzy sounds great and Tony Iomi's riff is heavier than a Brontosaurus. Picked up the six string and worked out most of the main track but then it changes into some weird spannish classical ending, Great stuff.
Yesterdays Whitethroat at Pellon Church Yard, replaced after blogger somehow removed yesterdays postings.
Whitethroat.
Chiffchaff.
Willow Warbler.
Went to Pellon Church yard for the first time in 4 years and a day looking for a Redstart reported by AZ. No sound or sight of it but did have singing Whitethroat, Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler and Blackcap.
Common Crane and Spotted Redshank to right.
Common Crane at Fairburn Ings.
Red Kites at Weardly.
A day out of Calderdale with Roy. First stop was going to be Old Moor for the Stone Curlew but it had left over night so we visited Fairburn Ings for the Common Crane instead. The good run of waders continued with a superb summer plumaged Spotted Redshank feeding at the Cranes feet. We then moved on to the Red Kite spot for Roy to try out his camera and practise different settings. Unfortunatly the lighting conditions were poor and we both had to over expose just to bring out any colour on the birds, still managed a few not bad ones out of 300. 3 Buzzards and a Sparrowhawk were also present and a Peregrine was seen at our last stop, Swillington Ings but not much else.
Bar-tailed Godwit at Fly Flats.
Sanderling at Fly Flats.
Somewhere in here there's a Grasshopper Warbler.
Shortie over the wind farm.
Returned to Cold Edge this evening with SC. Grasshopper Warblers reeling from 4 locations, only managed a brief glimps of one. A nice Short-eared Owl passed over hunting, also 12 Curlews in one field, 1 Redshank, 1 Snipe, 2 Greylag Geese, 1 Kestrel, 1 Wheatear etc.
Wood Warbler still in usual spot showed well today.
Down the Crags again this PM. The only bird of note was the Wood Warbler singing in its usual spot. Later at Luddenden Dean had my first Cuckoo of the year.
