Saturday 31st October a.m.
A cloudy murky start to the day with a temperature of 12°C as we headed off towards Keighley.
We decided to call in at the BOG members Stockbridge reserve on our way to Redcar Tarn,seeing a
Water Rail made the visit worth it but quiet otherwise.
When we got to Redcar Tarn the mist was swirling around sometimes we could see right across the Tarn & others only half way.There were the usual good numbers of
Mallards,BH Gulls &
Canadas along with
Common &
LBB Gulls,Lapwings &
Pied Wagtail.Also good to see a
Dunnock singing on a wall & a record 15
Pheasants in the field opposite the Tarn.The highlight though was the five
Snipe seen on the pond over the road, great little birds these but very well camouflaged & hard to spot.The old resident Greylag somewhat of a local character was not seen & others told us it has been missing for a few days.
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| Common Gull |
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| Water Rail at Stockbridge |
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| LBB & BH Gull |
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| BH Gull 1st Winter |
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| LBB & Common Gull |
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| Muscovy Ducks |
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| Pheasant |
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| Dunnock |
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| Pied Wagtail |
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| Snipe |
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| Four of the five Snipe seen |
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| Redcar Tarn 31/10/2015 |
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