Sunday 30th April a.m.
A dull start but brightening up through the morning with a start temperature of 9°C, as I got out of the car I heard the rattling of a
Mistle Thrush.This when I spotted it was a youngster calling for food the parent obliged with a juicy worm, not a bad start. On the canal there was a pair of
Greylags with four Goslings, I made my way to the water treatment works which was full of Hirundines my estimates were c75
Swallows, c25
House Martins and c25
Sand Martins.As I carried on into Hirst Wood a
Nuthatch was making a racket,in the woods it was good to see the Bluebells coming in to flower the scent wasn't bad either.Wild Garlic was also in flower with a different scent, on the River Aire there were two
Goosanders, several
Mallards, one with a brood of ten ducklings.Heading back I caught up with another pair of Greylags with three Goslings and another mallard with six chicks.Further along looking over at a distant pond there was a
Moorhen with three chicks rounding the morning off as I headed home.
Nigel.
 |
| Greylag Gosling |
 |
| Greylags with four Goslings |
 |
| Greylags with three Goslings |
 |
| Mallard Chick |
 |
| Mallard with chick |
 |
| Moorhen Chick |
 |
| Mistle Thrush youngster |
 |
| Adult Mistle Thrush searching for food nearby |
 |
| Goosanders |
 |
| Bluebells in Hirst Wood |
 |
| Greylags with Goslings |
 |
| Mallards on the river Aire at Hirst Wood 30/4/2017 |
No comments:
Post a Comment