Yeadon Tarn

Sunday 10th November a.m.
 A bright sunny start to the morning with a temperature of 2°C on arrival at Yeadon Tarn where there were five Cormorants on the wooden barriers.On the water there were 36 Tufteds, it was good to see a Kingfisher as if flew at the edge of the water and a couple of Pied Wagtails. In the trees there were a good selection of birds including Bullfinch, Greenfinch, Goldfinch, Treecreeper, Nuthatch and Redwing.

Cormorant

Bullfinch

Goldfinch

Greenfinch

Mute Swans

Pied Wagtail

Redwing

Tufteds

Yeadon Tarn 10/11/2019

Harold Park & Park Dam

Saturday 9th November a.m.
A frosty start with a temperature of 3°C at Harold Park where it was calm with some brightness amongst the cloud. There were ten Goosanders on the Lake , good to see the males back with the females, some were in the moulting process getting their adult/winter plumage.There was just one juvenile Great Crested Grebe, and a first for me here was a Muscovy Duck. There were also three Mute Swans on the top pond higher in the park as well as the usual Moorhen, Coots and Tufteds.
   Down the road at Park Dam there were 25 Tufteds, four Little Grebe, one GC Grebe and two Cormorants.

Goosander 

Juv GC Grebe

Little Grebe

Moorhen

Muscovy

Mute Swans

Cormorant

Goosanders

Harold Park 9/11/2019

Redcar Tarn

Friday 8th November p.m.
 A chilly afternoon at Redcar Tarn with a temperature of 5°C , with grey skies soon followed by rain.I was cheered up though when I saw a Wigeon out in the middle of the Tarn and the Goosander was still present.Good numbers of Lapwings, BH Gulls and Starlings along with the usual suspects Canadas, Coots and Tufteds. Others seen were Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Common Gull, LBB Gull and Herring Gull.

Common Gull

Goosander

Herring Gull

LBB Gull

Wigeon

Lapwing

Tufted

Starlings

Lapwings over Redcar Tarn 8/11/2019

Lister Park

Sunday 3rd November a.m.
 A sunny morning although travelled through a few pockets of fog on my way to Lister Park where the start temperature was 5°C. I went straight to the Lake where it was good to see two Adult Mute Swans (Yellow Tag 201) with two juveniles.These were with c50 Canadas, 31 Tufteds, Coots, Mallard, c100 BH Gulls, just one Common Gull, c50 Feral Pigeons and several Moorhens. In a tree a Robin was very vocal, Redwings, Blackbirds and a Mistle Thrush were after the plentiful berries. Others seen were Nuthatch, Coal Tit and Goldfinch.

Redwing

Robin

Tufted

Blackbird

Coal Tit

Common Gull

Mistle Thrush

Moorhen

Canadas

Mute Swans

Lister Park 3/11/2019