Saturday 18th February a.m.
A cloudy start but feeling mild with a temperature of 7°C as I headed for Leeshaw Reservoir. I decided to take the slightly longer route through Haworth so I could check the Lower Laithe Reservoir first. I was glad I did as there were three
Oystercatchers on the valve tower area, so I parked up and walked down the hill to get some pics.The bad bit is walking back up the hill, there were
Canadas, Mallards and
Greylags on the water and in the surrounding fields I saw a
Kestrel,Pheasant,Jackdaws and eleven
Rooks.
I moved on to Leeshaw where there was also three
Oystercatchers but on a distant wall so no pics, there was a pair of
Goosanders and a
Cormorant on the water.In a nearby fields were c25
Canadas, c50
Starlings and 68
Lapwings.It was also good to see ten
Mipits and three distant
Curlew fly past, then in flew 47
Greylags some going to the water and the rest joining the Canadas.As it was time to go I but the camera back in its case and was about to get into the car when nine Curlew flew past just in front of me, Doh!
Nigel.
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| Oystercatcher at Lower Laithe Res |
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| Mipit at Leeshaw |
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| Cormorant and Goosanders |
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| Distant Curlew over the Moors |
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| Lapwings |
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| Here come the Greylags |
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| Three Oysterctchers at Lower Laithe Res |
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| Lower Laithe Res 18/2/2017 |
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