Friday 11th October a.m.
A sunny morning but feeling chilly with a temperature of 7°C at the start of my visit to the Coppice Pond on the St Ives estate. Here there were two Goosanders and two Little Grebes with several Mute Swans, BH Gulls, Mallards, Moorhen and Coots.
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| Goosander |
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| Little Grebes |
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| Mute Swans |
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| St Ives 11/10/2024 |
Monday 7th October p.m.
A lovely sunny afternoon up at the Tarn with a temperature of 16°C and again plenty of bird with c50 Canadas, c50 BH Gulls and a mix of c50 Herring and LBB Gulls. A first for me was a Little Grebe, a Grey Heron was looking for fish and there were c30 Lapwings. Others included Tufteds, Rook and Jackdaw.
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| Herring Gull |
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| Lapwing |
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| Little Grebe |
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| Tufted |
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| BH Gull |
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| Grey Heron |
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| LBB Gull |
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| Redcar Tarn 7/10/2024 |
Saturday 5th October a.m.
A sunny morning with a temperature of 8°C as I paid an overdue visit to the BOG Members reserve at Stockbridge in Keighley. Here I was kept occupied by a party of Long-tailed Tits and a Kingfisher which was later joined by a second bird and they did a lap of the Lake together. A Mute Swan was on the Lake and near to it a Little Grebe was fishing and also there were a couple of Moorhen. A couple of Reed Buntings came in to the trees and a G.S.W. paid a brief visit to the feeders, others were Jay, Gt. Tit, Blue Tit and Dunnock. On my way home I called in to see the resident Peregrine which was at home although was preening it's feathers and had its back to me.
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| Kingfisher |
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| Long-tailed Tit |
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| Mute Swan |
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| Reed Bunting |
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| Blue Tit |
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| Dunnock |
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| Little Grebe |
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| Peregrine |
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| LT Tits at Stockbridge Reserve 5/10/2024 |
Thursday 3rd October a.m.
A sunny morning with a temperature of 10°C up at Redcar Tarn which was full of birds with c100 Canadas. An unusual bird caught my eye which I think was a Pintail, returning were nine Goosanders, others were Grey Heron, Lapwing, Pied Wagtail, Tufted, Greylags & Gulls.
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| Goosander |
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| Lapwing |
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| Pied Wagtail |
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| Pintail |
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| Pintail |
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| Grey Heron |
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| Tufted |
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| Redcar Tarn 3/10/2024 |
