Sunday, 20 September 2026

Lister Park

 Sunday 20th September a.m.

A sunny morning with a temperature of 13°C as I headed for the Lake where there was a Grey Heron on one of the islands.  On the water there were c50 BH Gulls, Herring Gull, Coots, Moorhen & Tufteds.  Walking round the Park I saw Treecreepers, Nuthatch, LT Tit, Coal Tit, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Robin, Mistle Thrush, Greylag & Canadas.  

Treecreeper 




LT Tit

Robin

Tufted


BH Gull

Herring Gull

Coot

Grey Heron

Greylag

Canadas at Lister Park 20/9/2026


Wednesday, 16 September 2026

Rodley Nature Reserve

 Wednesday 16th September a.m.

A sunny morning with a temperature of 15 °C as I made my way around Rodley NR.  There were a good number of Little Grebes & Gadwalls but the highlight of the morning was a Snipe which came out of the reeds for some pictures.  I heard a couple of Cetti's Warblers, others were Kestrel, Linnet, Little Egret, Cormorant, Lapwing, Moorhen, Grey Heron, Grey Wagtail, Mute Swan & BH Gull. 

Common Snipe



Moorhen & Snipe

Little Egret


Grey Wagtail

Lapwing

Little Grebe


Cormorant

Gadwall

Grey Heron

Common Snipe at Rodley NR 16/9/2026


Friday, 11 September 2026

TMR

 Friday 11th September a.m.

Some sunny spells with alot of black clouds around, fortunately the rain stayed away, the temperature was 14 °C.  There were c100 Lapwings flying overhead and the usual Red-legged Partridge & Red Grouse were present.  A juvenile Great Crested Grebe was diving for food also there were nine Goosanders.  There were c150 LBB Gulls, 20 Herring & c100 BH Gulls, others were Canadas, Greylags, Tufteds, Meadow Pipit & Swallow.  

juvenile Great Crested Grebe


Red-legged Partridge

Goosanders


Greylag



Lapwing



BH Gulls

Herring & LBB Gulls


Lapwings at TMR 11/9/2026


Wednesday, 9 September 2026

Redcar Tarn

 Wednesday 9th September a.m.

A lovely sunny morning with a temperature of 13°C, there were the usual mix of birds here this morning.  In the field over the road there were c5o Canadas also Starlings.  In the water were Grey Heron, Moorhen, Coot, BH Gulls, LBB Gulls, Tufteds & Mallard. In addition there were c25 Lapwings in the field next to the Tarn.

Grey Heron

Lapwing



Moorhen

Starling

BH Gull


Canadas

LBB Gull


Redcar Tarn 9/9/2026