Monday 22nd September a.m.
A sunny morning the temperature was up to 12°C by late morning when I arrived at the Tarn. A good surprise to see 15 Goosanders on the water with c50 large Gulls plus a couple of Greylags, Canadas, Grey Heron, Coot, Moorhen, Rook, Pied Wagtail, Tufteds & c100 Lapwings.
Pied Wagtail
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| Goosander |
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| Grey Heron |
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| Greylag |
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| Moorhen |
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| LBB Gull |
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| Herring Gull |
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| Lapwings |
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| Some of the c100 Lapwings |
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| Goosanders at Redcar Tarn 22/9/2025 |
Thursday 18th September a.m.
A much better morning after all the recent rain, wind & fog the sun came out so I went for a walk round Hewenden Reservoir. The water level is still low with a good number of Gulls on the exposed shore and Canadas in the nearby field. House Martins & Swallows were overhead some settling on overhead wires joined by a Greenfinch & some Goldfinches. On the way home I saw Collared Dove, Starling, Jay & Jackdaw completing an enjoyable walk.
Greenfinch
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| Swallow |
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| Swallow at Hewenden Reservoir 18/9/2025 |
Thursday 11th September a.m.
A sunny starting turning cloudy later with a temperature of 12°C and a strongish wind blowing up at the Tarn. Here there was a flock of c75 Lapwings in an adjacent field, a mix of Black Headed, Lesser Black-backed & Herring Gulls were on the water. Others included the resident Grey Heron on the island, Tufted, Canadas, Coots, Moorhen, Pied Wagtail, Rook & Jackdaw.
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| Lapwing |
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| Grey Heron |
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| Pied Wagtail |
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| LBB Gull |
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| LBB & BH Gull |
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| Tufted |
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| Lapwings |
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| Canadas at Redcar Tarn 11/9/2025 |
Tuesday 9th September a.m.
A sunny morning but cool at just 8°C, I had a good start with a charm of Goldfinch lifting from the seed heads to a distant tree as I approached. A couple of Swallows were overhead & a Cormorant flew over, a couple of Stonchats kept me occupied for a while. On the grassy area where model planes are flown there were Mipits, Goldfinch, Skylark & Pied Wagtail. A distant bird looked different to the usual with a pale buff chest & an eye stripe, looking at the pictures I decided on a young Stonechat but also the thought of a Siberian Stonechat did cross my mind. Good to see a flock of c50 Lapwings in the roadside field as I headed home.
P.S. After another look at the unusual bird I have changed my mind and gone with Whinchat.
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| Stonechat |
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| Cormorant |
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| Juv Goldfinch |
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| Meadow Pipit |
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| Pied Wagtail |
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| Skylark |
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| Whinchat |
Sunday 7th September a.m.
A cloudy morning but mild with a temperature of 16°C, starting off at Astley Lake where it was good to see a Spoonbill. Others here were Lapwing, Gadwall, Little Grebe, Gt Crested Grebe, Little Egret, Shoveler & Cormorant. In the reed bed area four Ruff were seen plus another three Spoonbills there were also hundreds of Canadas. Also seen were Stonechat, Kestrel, Pied Wagtail, Swallow and when returning to Astley a Great White Egret rounded off the morning.
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| Ruff |
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| Spoonbill |
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| Little Egret |
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| Shoveler |
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| Gadwall |
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| Gt Crested Grebe |
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| Gt White Egret |
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| Ruff |
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| Swillington Ings 7/9/2025 |
