Sunday 26th February a.m.
A dull overcast morning with a temperature of 6°C as I made my way through the village seeing a good number of common species on the way.As I approached the Great Northern Trail I spotted
Redwings in a nearby field which flew into a tree, there were c25 of them,also two
Mistle Thrush joined them and a
Song Thrush was nearby. I made my way on to Hewenden Viaduct from where I could see two
Oystercatchers on the dam wall.Others here
BH, Common and
Herring Gull,Pheasant, Jackdaw and
Canadas.As I walked through the woods I heard a Green Woodpecker calling and also saw a distant
GSW and a
Sparrowhawk flew over.
Coming back as I crossed Milking Hole Beck I spotted a
Dipper which I was able to get a couple of pictures of.From my usual view point of the top end of the reservoir I saw two
Wigeon,a
Teal, four
Tufted Ducks and five
Moorhen.Whilst I was here a
Goldcrest appeared in front of me and soon after I got my first
Treecreeper of the year.The footpath heading towards the farm was a boggy mess but I ploughed on through it, passed the horses and getting the usual
Pied Wagtails at the farm before heading home.
Nigel.
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| Dipper |
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| Goldcrest |
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| Pheasant |
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| Redwing |
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| Treecreeper |
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| Great Tit |
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| Oystercatchers |
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| Pied Wagtail |
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| Robin |
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| Song Thrush |
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| male Wigeon |
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| female Wigeon |
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| Dipper |
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| Hewenden Reservoir 26/2/2017 |
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