Rodley Nature Reserve

Sunday16th November a.m.

A cloudy morning  with a temperature of 6°C but dry at last, good to catch up with the two Green Sandpipers which seem to have taken up residence here.  A few Water Rail were skulking in the Reeds playing hide & seek as I tried to get a picture of them. A Kingfisher was perched some distance away just allowing my camera to get a record shot, at least six Snipe were seen.  Others were Little Grebe, Gadwall, Teal, Grey Heron, Linnet, Wren & Cetti's Warblers were heard.

Green Sandpiper 

Water Rail

Kingfisher

Snipe

Teal

Rodley N.R. 16/11/2025

Redcar Tarn

 Thursday 13th November a.m.

A sunny morning with a temperature of 12°C and a strong wind blowing up at the Tarn.  There was the usual selection of birds and I was pleased to see the Pintail again also over the road a Wigeon was near the pond.

Pintail

Wigeon

Greylags

Lapwing

BH Gull

Herring Gulls

LBB Gull

Redcar Tarn 13/11/2025

Redcar Tarn

Friday 7th November a.m.

A bright start but fog soon rolled in which drifted around but mild with a temperature of 11°C.  There were c100 Canadas but just two Greylags and the usual mix of Gulls, the Pintail seems to have settled in here again.  Others seen were Goosander, Lapwing, Rook, Jackdaw, Moorhen & Coot.  

Pintail

Rook

 

LBB Gull

Herring Gull

Greylag

Goosander

Lapwing & BH Gull

Redcar Tarn 7/11/2025

Lister Park

 Sunday 2nd November a.m.

A sunny morning with a temperature of 8°C as I went to the Lake seeing three Goosander & a Grey Heron.  There were loads of Gulls the bulk of them being Black-headed with a few Herring & Common.  It was good to see a Grey Wagtail, others were Canadas, Moorhen, Tufted & Robin. 

Grey Heron

Goosander

Grey Wagtail

Common Gull

Lister Park 2/11/2025

Redcar Tarn

 Monday 27th October a.m.

Another  visit to the Tarn where it was cloudy with some sunny spells and a temperature of 9°C and loads of birds.  There were c50 Lapwings in the field across the road, c30 Canadas were around the water.  The Pintail was asleep among the Nettles, there were three Shovelers and five Goosanders.   Others were Grey Heron, Cormorant, Tufted, Pied Wagtail, Moorhen, Starling, Rook, Jackdaw and the usual Gulls. 

Lapwing

Shoveler

 

Goosander

LBB Gull

Herring Gull

Common Gull

BH Gull

Grey Heron

Redcar Tarn 27/10/2025