Hewenden Reservoir

 Thursday 6th March a.m.

A glorious sunny morning with a temperature of 8°C as I set off for a walk around Hewenden Reservoir where there was the usual mix of c250 Gulls.  A couple of Grey Wagtails were in the overflow of the Reservoir and the Buzzard was in it's usual area and there were c15 Cormorants.  These were all seen as I walked across the Viaduct, when I went down Station Rd there was a couple of Pied Wagtails, turning back to continue round the Reservoir I heard the sound of distant geese and soon after a skien of 121 Pink-footed Geese flew above me and carried on into the distance.  I went through the wood round the top of the Reservoir and by the time I came back to a good view of the water all the Gulls had moved on.  Others seen were Teal, Tufteds, Grey Heron, Kestrel, Robin, Canada, Coot, Moorhen and Starling. 

Pied Wagtail

Pink-footed Geese

Buzzard

Cormorant

Grey Heron

Skien of Pinkies 

Hew Res

Hewenden Reservoir 6/3/2025

Hewenden Reservoir

 Friday 28th February p.m.

A foggy and frosty start this morning so it was this afternoon when the sun was out and the temperature had risen to 7°C that I had a walk on to Hewenden Reservoir.  The first bird of note was a Kestrel, the Buzzard was back on it's usual perch ,c50 Canadas and the same each of Lapwings and Gulls were at the Reservoir.  Good to see a pair of Gadwall here again, just distant views though before they disappeared behind branches at the edge of the far bank.  Still c20 Cormorants, 10 Teal, 8 Oystercatchers and four Goldeneye, others were Tufteds, Moorhen, Goosander, Robin and Mistle Thrush.

Kestrel

Lapwing

Mistle Thrush

Oystercatcher 

Distant Gadwall

Teal

Buzzard

Cormorant

Hewenden Reservoir 28/2/2025

Harold Park & Park Dam

Thursday 27th February a.m.

A lovely sunny morning with a temperature of 5°C on arrival at Harold Park where the water level is still low due to on going repairs. A few Tufteds, c100 Gulls, Moorhen, Coot, Mute Swans and a single Gt Crested Grebe.

Over the road at Park Dam there were four Goosanders, four Cormorants, a pair of Gt Crested Grebe, Grey Heron and Tufteds. 

G.C Grebe

Goosander

Grey Heron

Mute swans

Cormorant

Harold Park 27/2/2025

Redcar Tarn

Monday 24th February p.m.

Some good sunny spells up at the Tarn with a temperature of 12°C and a strong blustery wind, the bulk of the birds were c350 Gulls.  I was able to pick out the usual BH, Common, Herring and LBB Gulls, luckily for me KM and good to meet MC had spotted a couple of Caspian Gulls and kindly pointed one out for me.  A couple of Oystercatchers were on the island sheltering from the wind, the male Wigeon & Pintail were also present.  Others included Pied Wagtail, Canada, Greylag, Jackdaw, Rook and Tufted.

Oystercatcher

Sheltering from the wind

Pintail

Wigeon

Common Gull dancing for worms

LBB Gulls

Rook

Tufted

Plenty Gulls to sort through

Redcar Tarn 24/2/2025