Yeadon Tarn

Sunday 8th July a.m.
The great weather continues and a starting temperature of 19°C was recorded when I arrived at Yeadon Tarn.It was great to see a pair of Mute Swans have successfully bred here and the proud parents were showing off five Cygnets.There were 26 Canadas and the other usual birds including Coots,BH Gulls and overhead were Swallows,Swifts and House Martins.
Nigel.

Mute Swan Cygnet

Five Cygnets with mute Swan parents

BH Gull Juv

Blue Tit

Coots with chicks

Yeadon Tarn 8/7/2018

Harold Park and Park Dam

Saturday 7th July a.m.
Another bright sunny start with a temperature of 18°C as I headed for the Lake at Harold Park where it was good to see a pair of Mute Swans (yellow 468) with a Cygnet.A pair of GC Grebes also had at least two chicks and Coots had young chicks and some older juveniles.Others included Tufted Duck, Canadas and Chaffinch.
 Then I moved down the road to Park Dam where it was quiet on the water with just Tufteds,  Mallards, Coots and GC Grebe.Overhead were Swifts and House Martins and I got a bonus of a Kestrel close to me on the ground until it flew when a dog approached.
Nigel.

Kestrel

BH Gull

Coot Juv

Coots with chick

GC Grebe with chicks

LBB Gull Juv

Mute Swan with Cygnet

Tufted Duck

Harold Park 7/7/2018

Harden Moor

Sunday 1st July a.m.
Another sunny start with a temperature of 13°C on Harden Moor where the first birds were Swallows and a distant Little Owl on top of a wall.The colony of Sand Martins are doing well and it was good to see a single Swift in the vicinity.A juvenile Green Woodpecker was calling from a tree where I managed to spot it with the adult spotted in the distance and later I saw them together.A Kestrel hovered quite close overhead, a few Willow Warblers were seen as were several Whitethroats some singing others looking after juveniles.
Nigel.

Juvenile Green Woodpecker

adult Green Woodpecker

Juvenile with adult

Little Owl

Swallow

Whitethroat

Juvenile Whitethroat

Kestrel

Kestrel over Harden Moor 1/7/2018

Redcar Tarn

Saturday 30th June a.m.
The heatwave continues and I arrived at Redcar Tarn in the sunshine with a start temperature of 14°C.
There were 46 LBB Gulls which I think is a record for me here there were also c50 BH Gulls with a couple of juveniles in the mix.A Coot had two young chicks and a Mallard had four chicks in tow there were only two Tufteds seen, above the water were two Swifts and two House Martins.In the surrounding fields a Curlew was seen and their were Rooks and Jackdaws, a Buzzard flew over mobbed by two Rooks.A Chaffinch was singing and was close enough for a picture, not a bad morning as it goes.
Nigel.

Juvenile BH Gull

BH Gull

Buzzard mobbed by Rooks

Chaffinch

Coot with chick

Curlew

Jackdaws

Rook

Mallard with chicks

Three different ages of LBB Gull

Adult LBB Gull

LBB Gulls

Redcar Tarn 30/6/2018