Thursday, 21 August 2025

Redcar Tarn

Thursday 21st August a.m.

A cloudy morning feeling cooler at 13°C with c50 LBB Gulls, 3 Herring Gulls & 20 BH Gulls at the Tarn.  There was a Grey Heron in the water and several Lapwings were having a snooze on the island.  Others were Pied Wagtail, Jackdaw, Rook & Tufted. 

LBB Gull


Herring Gull

Grey Heron



Pied Wagtail



Jackdaw

Lapwing

Rook


Monday, 11 August 2025

Leeshaw Res

Monday 11th August a.m.

After a cloudy start the sun started to come through as I arrived at Leeshaw with a temperature of 16°C.  There were c100 Canadas in the field as l headed up the track, later these came over on to the res.  The water level here is very low, I don't think I've seen it this low so early before, still on the bright side there's plenty of shore line.  There were good numbers of Gulls mainly LBB & BH but also Herring & Common were present.  There were two Cormorants & Goldfinch were feeding on the Thistle seeds others were Lapwing, House Martin & Swallow, then I spotted three birds at the edge of the water with their heads down snoozing.  My first thought was Black-tailed Godwit but it was an age before one lifted its head so I could see the long bill to confirm they were Godwits.  This is a first for me locally so started to get some pictures, they were soon surrounded by Canadas and began to move and feed, an excellent morning. 

Black-tailed Godwit 






 

Cormorant 

Goldfinch 

LBB Gulls

BH, Common Gull & Canada

Black-tailed Godwits & Canadas at Leeshaw 11/8/2025


Sunday, 10 August 2025

Harden Moor

Sunday 10th August a.m.

A bright sunny morning at 15°C, the bird of the morning was Whitethroat with several seen.  There were House Martins & a couple of Swifts feeding over the tree tops and a  charm of Goldfinch flew past.  A Chiffchaff was in a tree and a Kestrel was seen plus a few Butterflies. 

Whitethroat 







 
Goldfinch


Chiffchaff 

Large White


Whitethroats 

Harden Moor 10/8/2025

Friday, 8 August 2025

Cullingworth

 Friday 8th August a.m.

A sunny morning with a temperature of 14°C but a strong wind which tended to keep the birds down.  A Grey Wagtail was checking out a puddle of water and there were several Willow Warblers flitting around.  A juvenile Green Woodpecker made an appearance as did a juvenile Stonechat,  also a few Butterflies were around.

Green Woodpecker



Grey Wagtail



Stonechat



Willow Warbler

Small Copper

Wall Brown

Green Woodpecker,  Cullingworth 8/8/2025