Swillington Ings

 Sunday 27th October a.m.

A chilly start at Swillington with a temperature of 3° C but the sun was out and things soon warmed up.  A digger was doing work on Astley Lake which reduced the number of birds but still saw Cormorant, Shoveler, Little Egret, Teal and Tufteds.  The reed beds produced an excellent view of a Bittern along with Black-tailed Godwit, Dunlin, Gadwall, Pintail, Pochard, Gt White Egret, Lapwing, Gt Crested Grebe and Snipe.  Others included Kestrel, Cetti's Warbler, Canadas, Greylags, Grey Heron, Pied Wagtail and Mute Swan.

Bittern

Black-tailed Godwit

Dunlin

Gadwall

Gt White Egret

Kestrel

Shoveler

Snipe

Bittern at Swillington Ings 27/10/2024

Hewenden Reservoir

 Thursday 24th October a.m.

A good sunny morning with a temperature of 10°C as I made my way towards Hewenden Viaduct seeing a Kestrel on a distant post.  On the dam wall of the Reservoir there were 20 Cormorants, in the fields on the other side of the Viaduct there were Pied Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, Chaffinch, Meadow Pipit and Gulls.  I walked around the Reservoir seeing a Buzzard fly over, others included Teal, Moorhen, Goldfinch and Mistle Thrush. 

Buzzard

Chaffinch

Cormorant

Goldfinch

Pied Wagtail

Grey Wagtail

Herring Gull

BH Gull

LBB Gull

Kestrel

Mistle Thrush

Meadow Pipit

Hewenden Viaduct 24/10/2024

Redcar Tarn

 Tuesday 22nd October a.m.

A sunny but windy Redcar Tarn with a temperature of 10°C with c200 Canadas,  c35 Greylags and a mix of c100 Gulls.  The male Pintail was still present as were two Wigeon, others included Jay, Pied Wagtail, Lapwing, Moorhen, Tufted & Rook.

Pintail

Whistling Wigeon

Canadas

Greylags

Herring Gull

Pied Wagtail

Redcar Tarn 22/10/2024

Yeadon Tarn

 Thursday 17th October a.m.

A sunny morning at Yeadon Tarn with a temperature of 12°C where there were good numbers of birds to see.  The highlight was a Red Kite which flew over, on the water was a male Pochard, Goosanders, Tufteds and Cormorants.   Others included Grey Heron, Canadas, Greylags, Mute Swan and Moorhen.

Red Kite

 

Pochard

Mute Swan

Grey Heron

Goosander

Cormorants

Yeadon Tarn 17/10/2024