Leeming Reservoir

Saturday 7th March a.m.
 When I arrived at Leeming reservoir the temperature had gone up a notch to 8°C with some occasional sunny spells. It was good to see a couple of Grey Wagtails in the overflow area and on the water were 35 Canadas, Greylag and five Tufteds. A walk along the muddy banking flushed an Oystercatcher which flew over to the dam wall, BH Gulls and a Common Gull were on the Valve Tower. Walking back I added a couple of LT Tits and a Pied Wagtail was in the overflow area.

Grey Wagtail

Pied Wagtail

Tufteds

Greylag

Oystercatcher

Canadas

Leeming 7/3/2020

Leeshaw Reservoir

Saturday 7th March a.m.
A cloudy morning with a temperature of 7°C at Leeshaw where it was good to see my first Little Owls of the year in their usual spot. A couple of Curlews were in the fields as were Lapwings, Canadas, Greylags, Mallards and BH Gulls were on the water. A Cormorant was on the Valve Tower
and a picture revealed a couple of Oystercatchers at the waters edge, they were unusually very quiet during my visit. It was good to catch up with BS with his three dogs he mentioned there were also a couple of Teal and a couple of Pinkies with the Greylags.

Cormorant

Curlew

Little Owl

Lapwing

Picture revealing Oystercatchers keeping a low profile

Leeshaw 7/3/2020

 

Hewenden Reservoir

Sunday 1st March a.m.
 Another blustery day with cloud cover and some sunny spells, the temperature set off at 3°C as I set off for a walk around Hewenden Reservoir. When I got to the Great Northern Trail there were several Redwings in a nearby field and soon after I saw a Jay. When I reached the Viaduct it was good to see a couple of returning Oystercatchers at the side of the reservoir as were three Cormorants and c30 Canadas were at the top end.
 When I got to my viewing point near the top end of the Reservoir I could see two pair of Goldeneye, five Goosanders and ten Teal. Others seen on my way back were Herring Gull, Curlew, Goldfinch and Collared Dove.

Oystercatchers

Cormorants

Goldeneye

Goosander

Herring Gull

Teal

Goldfinch

Redwing

Teal at Hewenden Reservoir

Hewenden Reservoir 1/3/2020

Redcar Tarn

Saturday 22nd February a.m.
A bright sunny morning with a very strong blustery wind and a temperature of 8°C up at Redcar Tarn where it was good to see two returning Curlew and three Oystercatchers. I finally saw the Iceland Gull which is a lifer for me and although difficult to stand up I managed a couple of record pictures.
Others here were Canadas, Greylags, Tufteds, Lapwings, BH, Common, Herring and LBB Gulls.

Oystercatcher

Trying to shelter in the wind

Curlew

Iceland Gull

LBB Gull

Tufted

Greylags

Herring Gull

LBB Gull & Oystercatchers

Redcar Tarn 22/2/2020