Sunday 13th December a.m.
Another weekend struggling to get out & do some birding with most of Saturday raining,the afternoon giving a torrential down poor leaving many roads flooded.Overnight saw some clearing skies leading to a frost & a temperature of just 1°C as we set out for a local walk in some dry weather.We headed through the village seeing a
GSW on the outskirts quickly followed by a
Sparrowhawk briefly perched in a tree.We went along the Great Northern Trail towards Hewenden Viaduct seeing a
Song Thrush on the way from the viaduct we could see
BH Gulls,Mallards &
Cormorant on the reservoir below.At the other side of the viaduct we saw a
Mistle Thrush,several
Redwing,Greenfinch,Robin &
Goldfinch.Also in a distant field a good number of
Common Gulls together with more BH Gulls &
Jackdaws.Walking round the top end of the reservoir we got a better view of the Cormorants & in addition there were four
Tufted Ducks & three
Moorhen. Coming back a
Grey Heron flew across in front of us & a
Pied Wagtail was seen near the farm, during our walk a number of other common species were seen.At least it stayed dry but was very muddy in places & we were please we had worn our Wellington Boots.
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| GSW |
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| Cormorant & Moorhen |
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| Goldfinch |
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| Mistle Thrush |
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| Redwing |
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| View of Hewenden Reservoir from Northern Trail |
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| View from Viaduct |
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| Looking back at the viaduct |
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| Hewenden Reservoir & Viaduct 13/12/2015 |
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