A sunny morning but cold with a temperature of 4°C, plenty birds here as usual with c100 Canadas and a mix of c100 Gulls. With the Canadas grazing in a nearby field were a pair of Wigeon with another male on the water as well as a male Pintail. A skien of c100 Pinkies flew over South of the Tarn, others included Grey Heron, Tufted, Moorhen, Starlings, Goldfinch & Pied Wagtail.
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| Wigeon |
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| Pintail |
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| Grey Heron |
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| Pied Wagtail |
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| Pinkies |
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| Pintail & Wigeon |
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| Redcar Tarn 14/10/2024 |
Friday 11th October a.m.
A sunny morning but feeling chilly with a temperature of 7°C at the start of my visit to the Coppice Pond on the St Ives estate. Here there were two Goosanders and two Little Grebes with several Mute Swans, BH Gulls, Mallards, Moorhen and Coots.
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| Goosander |
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| Little Grebes |
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| Mute Swans |
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| St Ives 11/10/2024 |
Monday 7th October p.m.
A lovely sunny afternoon up at the Tarn with a temperature of 16°C and again plenty of bird with c50 Canadas, c50 BH Gulls and a mix of c50 Herring and LBB Gulls. A first for me was a Little Grebe, a Grey Heron was looking for fish and there were c30 Lapwings. Others included Tufteds, Rook and Jackdaw.
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| Herring Gull |
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| Lapwing |
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| Little Grebe |
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| Tufted |
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| BH Gull |
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| Grey Heron |
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| LBB Gull |
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| Redcar Tarn 7/10/2024 |
Saturday 5th October a.m.
A sunny morning with a temperature of 8°C as I paid an overdue visit to the BOG Members reserve at Stockbridge in Keighley. Here I was kept occupied by a party of Long-tailed Tits and a Kingfisher which was later joined by a second bird and they did a lap of the Lake together. A Mute Swan was on the Lake and near to it a Little Grebe was fishing and also there were a couple of Moorhen. A couple of Reed Buntings came in to the trees and a G.S.W. paid a brief visit to the feeders, others were Jay, Gt. Tit, Blue Tit and Dunnock. On my way home I called in to see the resident Peregrine which was at home although was preening it's feathers and had its back to me.
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| Kingfisher |
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| Long-tailed Tit |
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| Mute Swan |
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| Reed Bunting |
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| Blue Tit |
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| Dunnock |
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| Little Grebe |
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| Peregrine |
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| LT Tits at Stockbridge Reserve 5/10/2024 |
