On arrival at Yeadon Tarn it was a much brighter morning with a temperature of 2°C.
There were good numbers of birds on the water which included 24 Goosanders which
is a record for us here.A small flock of Redwing landed in a tree near the road briefly
before moving on,Pochards were still present on the water along with 11 Mute Swans.
As we walked round a Pied Wagtail landed on a seat & posed for a couple of snaps,
also there were Cormorants & Gt Crested Grebes.A Kestrel briefly hovered near the
airport but soon moved off as a plane came in to land.
We went home taking the moorland route & were rewarded by seeing a Red Kite near
Dick Hudsons pub.
c200 - BH Gulls
12 - Canadas
6 - Common Gull
10 - Coot
3 - Cormorant
24 - Goosander
4 - GT C. Grebe
1 - Kestrel
c100 - Mallard
11 - Mute Swan
1 - Pied Wagtail
8 - Pochard
20 - Redwing
12 - Tufted Duck
plus others
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| Cormorant drying its wings |
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| Goldfinch |
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| Mute Swan |
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| BH Gull getting its summer hood |
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| Common Gull |
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| Gt C. Grebe |
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| female Goosander |
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| male Goosander |
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| Pochard |
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| Redwing |
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| male Tufted Duck |
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| male Tufted close up |
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| Pied Wagtail |
Great shots, I have been up a few times as there was a report of a Goldeneye on the tarn, did not manage to see it. But I have never seen as many Goosanders up there as there is at the moment. I keep checking your blog to find out what's about as I live in Yeadon.
ReplyDeleteThanks, we saw the Goldeneye in December hopefully one will return again they do move around &
ReplyDeletethere will be a good number at nearby Knotford Nook which may send an odd one to the Tarn.There
must be plenty fish in the Tarn attracting the Goosanders & Cormorants, won't please the anglers though.