Rodley NR

Wednesday 22nd October a.m.

A lovely sunny morning with a temperature of 8°C so I had a drive out to Rodley Nature Reserve.  Here the highlight was seeing two Green Sandpipers closely followed by a Water Rail.  There were plenty other birds to see with five Little Egrets, Shovelers, Little Grebes, Gadwall, Teal, Snipe, Lapwing, Cormorant & Grey Heron being some of them.

Green Sandpiper

Little Egret

Shoveler 

Water Rail

Green Sandpiper, Snipe & Lapwing 

Green Sandpipers at Rodley NR 

Rodley NR 22/10/2025

Redcar Tarn

 Thursday 16th October a.m.

A dull grey morning with a temperature of 12°C, it was good to see the return of a Pintail and four Shovelers.  There were Goosanders, Cormorants, Tufteds, Canadas, Lapwings, Grey Heron and the Little Grebe was still present.   There were loads of the usual Gulls, others were Rook, Jackdaw, Moorhen, Coot & Dunnock.   

Pintail 

Shoveler 

Tufted

Goosander 

Grey Heron

 

Little Grebe

Lapwing

Cormorant

Redcar Tarn 16/10/2025

Hewenden Reservoir

Sunday 12th October a.m.

Some morning sunshine with a temperature of 6°C so I set off towards Hewenden Reservoir as I went I could see mist over Goit Stock Woods & Harden.  There were four Tufteds on the water and two Cormorants, in the surrounding field c50 Canadas, BH, Common, Herring & LBB Gulls.  Others seen were Pheasant, Linnet & Goldfinch. 

Linnet 

Cormorant

Canadas

Common Gull

 

Tufteds

LBB Gull

Herring & Common Gull

BH Gull

Pheasant 

Hewenden Reservoir 

Mist over Goit Stock Wood & Harden

Hewenden Reservoir 12/10/2025

Harold Park & Park Dam

 Wednesday 8th October a.m.

Another cloudy morning and feeling cool at just 10°C when I arrived at Harold Park where there was a Gt Crested Grebe.   The water level here was back to near normal which was good for two Mute Swans and a couple of Canadas.  Not too many birds on show just Coots, Moorhen & Mallards, there was a bonus of four Collared Doves.

  At the nearby Park Dam there were two Gt Crested Grebes with two juveniles and five Mute Swans.  Others here were Tufteds, Coots, Cormorant, Moorhen & Mallard. 

Gt C. Grebe

Collared Dove 

Moorhen

Harold Park

Gt Crested Grebe 

Mute Swans

Tufted

Park Dam 8/10/2025