Saturday, 3 October 2026

Redcar Tarn

 Saturday 3rd October a.m.

A sunny morning with at temperature of 11°C, plenty birds at the Tarn again with c50 BH Gulls, c50 LBB & Herring Gulls & c50 Lapwings.  Good to see five Pintails, ten Teal and six Goosanders.  Others were Pied Wagtail, Little Grebe, Grey Heron, Jackdaw, Moorhen & Coot. 

Pintail




Goosander

Grey Heron

Herring Gull

Lapwing
Little Grebe






Teal


Pied Wagtail

LBB Gull

Redcar Tarn 3/10/2026

Friday, 2 October 2026

Hewenden Reservoir

Friday 2nd October a.m.

There were threatening dark clouds as I set off on a walk this morning with a blustery wind and a temperature of 14°C.  A quiet walk to start but a Great Spotted Woodpecker landing in a tree in front of me got things going.  A couple of Mistle Thrushes and a Kestrel kept me interested before adding Cormorant, Tufted, Grey Heron, Moorhen, Robin, Jay, Starling & Goldfinch.

GSW


Kestrel


 
Mistle Thrush



Robin

Goldfinch


Cormorant 

Tufted

Hewenden Reservoir 2/10/2026

Thursday, 1 October 2026

St Ives, Bingley

 Thursday 1st October a.m.

A sunny morning with a temperature of 13°C as I had a walk around the Coppice Pond on the St Ives estate.  There were three Mute Swans and two Little Grebes and a Grey Heron was on the island.  Others seen were BH Gull, Moorhen, Kingfisher, Nuthatch, Robin & Blackbird. 

Little Grebe



Kingfisher

Robin

Nuthatch

Mute Swan

BH Gull

Grey Heron

Moorhen

Coppice Pond, St Ives 1/10/2026

Wednesday, 30 September 2026

Redcar Tarn

 Wednesday 30th September p.m.

After a wet dull morning the sun came out this afternoon with a temperature of 18°C up at the Tarn which was full of birds.  There were 13 Goosanders, c50 Canadas, 20 Greylags & c12 Teal.  I saw a couple of Pintails the number raised to four as I walked round, a Little Grebe was diving for food and there was a Grey Heron on the island.  Plenty others too including Tufteds, BH Gull, LBB Gull, Herring Gull, Rook, Jackdaw, Coot & Robin.  

Goosander



Pintail


Lapwing



Little Grebe

Teal



Grey Heron

Greylags

Jackdaw

Pintails

Canadas at Redcar Tarn 30/9/2026