Hewenden Reservoir

Sunday 12th October a.m.

Some morning sunshine with a temperature of 6°C so I set off towards Hewenden Reservoir as I went I could see mist over Goit Stock Woods & Harden.  There were four Tufteds on the water and two Cormorants, in the surrounding field c50 Canadas, BH, Common, Herring & LBB Gulls.  Others seen were Pheasant, Linnet & Goldfinch. 

Linnet 

Cormorant

Canadas

Common Gull

 

Tufteds

LBB Gull

Herring & Common Gull

BH Gull

Pheasant 

Hewenden Reservoir 

Mist over Goit Stock Wood & Harden

Hewenden Reservoir 12/10/2025

Harold Park & Park Dam

 Wednesday 8th October a.m.

Another cloudy morning and feeling cool at just 10°C when I arrived at Harold Park where there was a Gt Crested Grebe.   The water level here was back to near normal which was good for two Mute Swans and a couple of Canadas.  Not too many birds on show just Coots, Moorhen & Mallards, there was a bonus of four Collared Doves.

  At the nearby Park Dam there were two Gt Crested Grebes with two juveniles and five Mute Swans.  Others here were Tufteds, Coots, Cormorant, Moorhen & Mallard. 

Gt C. Grebe

Collared Dove 

Moorhen

Harold Park

Gt Crested Grebe 

Mute Swans

Tufted

Park Dam 8/10/2025

Redcar Tarn

 Tuesday 7th October a.m.

A cloudy morning with a temperature of 13°C up at the Tarn where it was great to see the rare sight of a Little Grebe.  It looked comfortable as it moved around and diving to catch fish, there were 11 Goosanders and two Cormorants with a Grey Heron on the island.  There was an increase in the number of Tufteds with a count of 21, the usual Canadas, Coots, Moorhen & Pied Wagtail were seen.  The  Lapwing flock contained c100 birds, there were good numbers of large Gulls with plenty 1st year birds one of the Herring Gulls was potentially a Yellow Legged Gull, there were LBB, BH & a Common Gull.  Others were Mallard, Rook & Jackdaw.

Little Grebe

Goosander

Grey Heron

Cormorant

Lapwings

Pied Wagtail

LBB Gull

Herring Gull with pale legs

Common Gulls

Little Grebe with a fish, Redcar Tarn 7/10/2025

Swillington Ings

 Sunday 28th September a.m.

After some early mist the sun came out with a temperature of 12°C at one of West Yorkshires better birding locations.   As always plenty of birds to see and hear with several Cetti's Warblers being very vocal, a couple of Willow Warblers were also spotted.  There were five early returning Goldeneye seen also plenty Wigeon, Teal, Shoveler, Pochard, Gadwall & Tufteds.  There were several Snipe well camouflaged in the vegetation plus Lapwings, Cormorants, Coots, Canadas, Greylags, Gt Crested Grebes & Little Grebes.  Overhead a distant Buzzard & Kestrel were seen, a party of LT Tits went passed me and to round off a great morning three Great White Egrets were seen.

Gt White Egret

Lapwing

LT Tit

Shoveler

Gadwall

Goldeneye

Gt Crested Grebe juvenile

Little Grebe

 

Wigeon

Snipe

Cormorants

Great White Egrets showing out of the mist, Swillington Ings 28/9/2025