Saturday 29th September a.m.
A frost overnight but still a lovely sunny crisp morning with a temperature of 5°C as I started off with a
Song Thrush on the roadside before going into Denhome Clough.The sun shone on the trees up the banking of the Clough helping me to pick out
Blue Tit,Gt Tit,Goldfinch,Robin &
Greenfinch.I had a quiet walk for a while until in the distance a skein of 100 plus
Pink-footed Geese flew over.
In a field at the side of the reservoir 12 Canadas were feeding before they flew off and landed on the water where there was a Cormorant on a buoy in the water,
Mallards and a few
BH Gulls.Then the plot thickened as I saw twelve
Wigeon on the water, who soon took off doing a few laps overhead before heading off...
I headed back through the Clough not adding to my tally so decided to call in at another local Reservoir going through a couple of locked gates(BOG access by agreement with Yorkshire Water) before walking alongside the reservoir.Here were
LBB and
BH Gulls,Mallard,Tufted Ducks and a
Kestrel made an appearance.I spotted eleven
Wigeon in a group,with two different looking birds which I think are
Pintails.
Another look at my pictures from Doe Park Reservoir confirms a
Pintail in with the
Wigeon as the flew round which ties things up nicely.
Nigel.
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| Song Thrush |
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| Through the tunnel towards the reservoir |
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| A few Toadstools on the ground |
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| Canadas |
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| Cormorant |
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| Wigeon |
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| Wigeon & Pintail third from left |
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| Spot the Pintail |
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| Two Pintail at the back of the Wigeon, second Reservoir |
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| Another view at the second Reservoir |
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| Skein of 100 plus Pink-footed Geese |
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| Doe Park Reservoir 29/9/2018 |
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