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

Leeshaw Reservoir

 Friday 26th September a.m.

A sunny start with a temperature of 7°C, there were Canadas & Greylags in the bottom field with a Little Owl on it's usual wall.  In the field alongside the res there were good numbers of Grey Partridge & Pheasants.  There were BH Gulls, LBB Gulls & Mallards on the water and the shore of the res, also plenty Meadow Pipits around.

Grey Partridge 

Pheasant

Meadow Pipit 

Leeshaw Reservoir 26/9/2025

Keighley Moor

 Tuesday 23rd September p.m.

With the sun shining again I went out for a walk starting off at Slippery Ford and going up to the Keighley Moor Reservoir the temperature was 13°C.  The first birds seen were a couple of Buzzards overhead soon followed by Meadow Pipits and a Kestrel.  As I got nearer the Reservoir there were a couple of Stonechats, there were no birds on the water of the res and just a few Greylags on the shore, heading back Golfinch were also seen.

Buzzard

Kestrel

Stonechat

Goldfinch

Redcar Tarn

 Monday 22nd September a.m.

A sunny morning the temperature was up to 12°C by late morning when I arrived at the Tarn.  A good surprise to see 15 Goosanders on the water with c50 large Gulls plus a couple of Greylags, Canadas, Grey Heron, Coot, Moorhen, Rook, Pied Wagtail, Tufteds & c100 Lapwings. 

Pied Wagtail

Goosander

Grey Heron

Greylag

Moorhen

 

LBB Gull

Herring Gull

Lapwings

Some of the c100 Lapwings

Goosanders at Redcar Tarn 22/9/2025

Hewenden Reservoir

 Thursday 18th September a.m.

A much better morning after all the recent rain, wind & fog the sun came out so I went for a walk round Hewenden Reservoir.  The water level is still low with a good number of  Gulls on the exposed shore and Canadas in the nearby field.  House Martins & Swallows were overhead some settling on overhead wires joined by a Greenfinch & some Goldfinches.  On the way home I saw Collared Dove, Starling, Jay & Jackdaw completing an enjoyable walk.

Greenfinch

 

Swallow

Swallow at Hewenden Reservoir 18/9/2025