Thursday 19th June a.m.
The sun was out again with an early temperature of 12°C so I paid a return visit to this site and again was well rewarded. There were three Dunlin and a distant Redshank gradually made its way towards me around the edge of the water. There were 20 or so Canadas, a Pied Wagtail, Common Sandpiper, LRP and Mipit.
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| Dunlin |
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| Redshank |
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| LRP |
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| Common Sandpiper |
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| Pied Wagtail |
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| Canadas |
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| Blackstone Edge Res 19/6/2025 |
Wednesday 18th June a.m
After a cloudy beginning for the morning it was later when the sun came out with a temperature of 18°C that I arrived at Harold Park. Here the water level is still low after the recent works, but still a number of Canadas, five Mute Swans and two Great Crested Grebes. Also seen were Tufteds, Coots, Moorhen and Collard Dove.
Over the road at Park Dam there were Swifs, Swallows & LBB Gulls overhead, on the water were Coots, Moorhen, Mallards & Tufteds. There was also a pair of GC Grebe with two juveniles and a second brood of four chicks.
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| GC Grebe |
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| GC Grebe juveniles |
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| GC Grebe with four chicks |
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| Collard Dove |
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| Moorhen |
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| Swallow |
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| Tufted |
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| Canadas & Mute Swans |
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| Vocal juvenile Coot |
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| Coot with juveniles |
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| LBB Gull |
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| Harold Park pond |
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| Harold Park Lake 18/6/2025 |
Tuesday 17th June a.m.
Another sunny morning at 13°C as I had a walk around Leeming Res with House Martins & Sand Martins flying around. Several Grey Wagtails & Pied Wagtails were seen, four Tufteds were on the water and a Common Sandpiper & Oystercatcher were at the side of the water. Others seen were Willow Warbler & Whitethroat.
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| House Martin |
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| Oystercatcher |
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| Common Sandpiper |
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| Grey Wagtail |
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| Whitethroat |
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| Pied Wagtail |
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| Grey Wagtails at Leeming |
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| Leeming Reservoir 17/6/2025 |
Monday 16th June a.m.
A sunny morning starting off at 16°C with a gentle breeze taking the edge of the temperature as I walked across Hewenden Viaduct with a dozen Swifts overhead. At the other side there was a Pied Wagtail with a beak full of flies, no doubt for young ones nearby, Swallows were in and out of old buildings. On the Reservoir there were two Mute Swans and a few Canadas with more grazing at the other side of the res. When I had walked round I could also see a Mistle Thrush and around the farm were more Swallows, House Martins & Sand Martins. There were young Starlings feeding in nearby fields, others were Grey Heron & Goldfinch.
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| Swallows |
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| Pied Wagtail |
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| Canadas |
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| Goldfinch |
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| Mistle Thrush |
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| Mute Swan |
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| Starling |
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| Young Starlings 16/6/2025 |
