Thursday 17th October a.m.
A sunny morning at Yeadon Tarn with a temperature of 12°C where there were good numbers of birds to see. The highlight was a Red Kite which flew over, on the water was a male Pochard, Goosanders, Tufteds and Cormorants. Others included Grey Heron, Canadas, Greylags, Mute Swan and Moorhen.
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| Red Kite |
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| Pochard |
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| Mute Swan |
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| Grey Heron |
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| Goosander |
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| Cormorants |
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| Yeadon Tarn 17/10/2024 |
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 |
