Monday 1st June a.m.
With a day off work & a decent forecast for this morning I decided to have a look at a new location Swillington Ings East of Leeds.On arrival the sun was out with a temperature of 10°C, I headed for Astley Lake where there were,
Common Tern,BH Gulls,Cormorant,Shoveler,Gawall,Tufted Duck, Oystercatcher, & a
Pied Wagtail.Then I had a look round the Reed beds seeing a
Mute Swan with five Cygnets,
Grelags with large goslings,
Reed Bunting,Pochard,Swallows were overhead with c100
Swift.The highlight of the visit was finding four
Black-necked Grebes looking magnificent in their summer plumage.I was surprised how big the site is & I only saw a small part of the area, well worth spending more time looking round Swillington Ings.N.P.
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| Black-necked Grebe |
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| Pochard |
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| Common Tern & BH Gull |
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| Mute Swan & Cygnets |
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| The magnificent Black-necked Grebe |
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| Swillington Ings 1/6/15 |
A real stunning bird , the Grebe.
ReplyDeleteJohn