Harden Moor and St Ives

Saturday 19th June a.m.

  A bright sunny start to the morning with a temperature of 11°C on Harden Moor where it was good to hear and see a Garden Warbler singing.  Whitethroats were busy collecting food for their young as were Willow Warblers.  Others seen were Goldfinch, Skylark, Dunnock and Song Thrush.

 A short drive to the other side of the Moor and the Coppice Pond at St Ives were conditions were as described earlier  with a dozen Tufteds on the water.  A pair of Mute Swans had seven cygnets, others here were Moorhen and Coal Tit.

Garden Warbler

Goldfinch

Whitethroat

Dunnock

Moorhen

Tufteds

Mute Swan with two cygnets

Mute Swan with cygnets at St Ives 19/6/2021

 

Redcar Tarn

 Saturday 12th June a.m.

 A cloudy morning up at the Tarn with a temperature of 15°C where there were c50 LBB Gulls, several BH Gulls and Canadas with goslings, 2 Greylags.  Others were Oystercatcher, Skylark, Pied Wagtail, Swallow, House Martin and Swift.  A Coot was on its nest with some young chicks.

LBB Gull

Oystercatcher

Pied Wagtail

Coot with chicks

Greylag

LBB & BH Gulls

Canadas with goslings at Redcar Tarn 12/6/2021

Lister Park

 Sunday 6th June a.m.

 A cloudy morning but warm with a temperature of  15°C, there were plenty birds at Lister Park lake with c75 Canadas and c40 Greylags.  There were also 10 LBB Gulls and 5 Herring Gulls, good to see a pair of Moorhen with six young chicks.  Others included Tufteds, Coots, Song Thrush and Mute Swans.

Tufted

Greylags

LBB Gull

Greylags & LBB Gulls

Moorhen chicks

Moorhen with chicks

Song Thrush

Lister Park 6/6/2021

Harden Moor

Saturday 5th June a.m.

  A lovely sunny morning with a temperature of 12°C, hard work spotting the birds now the trees have their full leaf canopy, a Blackcap gave me the run around before I briefly spotted it.  Song Thrushes were noisy and more easily seen from their tree top perches, plenty young in nests needing feeding so Whitethroats were less visible.  A Redpoll with its bright red chest did stand out and waited for a picture taking, others included Oystercatcher, Kestrel, Red-legged Partridge, Cuckoo, Mipits, House Martin, Swallow, Curlew, Dunnock, Mistle Thrush, Skylark, Jay, Willow Warbler and Pied Wagtail.

Redpoll

Willow Warbler

Dunnock

Mistle Thrush

Mipit

Peacock Butterfly

Pied Wagtail

Red-legged Partridge

 

Doe Park Reservoir

Sunday 30th May a.m.

 A sunny start to the morning although mist kept rolling in from time to time stopping any birding for short periods, the temperature was 8°C.  On the way walking to the Reservoir there were a dozen Swifts over Hewenden Viaduct and a Green Woodpecker flew past.  At Doe Park there were two Common Sandpipers on the jetty, one briefly came under the Dam wall.  Sand Martins and Swallows were flying over the water and Chiffchaffs and Willow Warblers were vocal.  A Song Thrush was also vocal, others seen were Bullfinch, Chaffinch, Robin, Jay, Oystercatcher, Kestrel, Blackcap, Whitethroat, Pheasant and Wren. 

Kestrel

Common Sandpiper

Pheasant

Song Thrush

Willow Warbler

Wren

Bullfinch

Chaffinch

Orange Tip Butterfly

Small White Butterfly

Doe Park Reservoir 30/5/2021

Redcar Tarn

Saturday 22nd May a.m.

 A poor morning with cloud and rain up at Redcar Tarn , the temperature was just 6°C but I was pleased to see some House Martins feeding over the water with Sand Martins and Swallows.  A pair of Coots had four chicks and a Mallard was with seven chicks, others were LBB Gull, Pied Wagtail, Canadas and Rook.

Swallow

House Martin

Mallard with seven chicks

Coot chick

Coot with chicks