Saturday 11th March a.m.
A dull cloudy morning with a temperature of 7°C as I set off to Mixenden Reservoir from where I went to Cold Edge Dams finishing up at Leeshaw Reservoir.
Mixenden Reservoir.
A good start here with a female
Goldeneye which was later seen with a second bird, others seen were
Grey Heron,Mistle Thrush,Moorhen,BH,Common and
LBB Gulls,Robin and other common species.
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| female Goldeneye |
Cold Edge Dams
In the surrounding fields were ten
Canadas and two
Greylags, the walk on to the Lake produced
Chaffinch,Mistle Thrush,Curlew,Grouse and Dunnock.At the Lake there were two Curlew,
Goosander, Cormorant, Oystercatcher and
Tufted Ducks. As I was checking these out and getting some record pictures up popped a
Redshank calling as it flew off towards Fly Flatts.
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| Cormorant |
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| Curlew |
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| Goosander and Curlew |
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| Grouse |
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| Mistle Thrush |
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| Oystercatcher |
Leeshaw Reservoir
The drive from Cold Edge dams took me passed Fly Flatts which was shrouded in fog so no chance of any birds here.As I dropped down to Leeshaw the fog had cleared.It was good to see BV who had seen two Redshanks here before I arrived. I got my first
Little Owl of the year and a
Reed Bunting, others here were
Lapwing,Oystercatcher,Curlew,Cormorant and the usual common species.
Nigel.
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| Cormorant |
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| Lapwing |
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| Little Owl |
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| Reed Bunting |
Nigel. Your Lister Park Herring gull was caught using a canon net on the landfill site at Harewood Whin, York and rung 7/10/16. This is the site AC and NCD have been visiting. Your bird roosts either on the Humber estuary or on the reserve in the Lower Derwent Valley and this is the first sighting away from there.
ReplyDelete1750 gulls have been rung from that landfill site.
Thanks Brian, its good of you to find out the history of this bird which adds to the enjoyment of finding them, maybe more to come judging by the amount that they are ringing.
ReplyDeleteCheers Nigel.