Leeshaw Reservoir

Saturday 12th March a.m.

  A cloudy morning with a temperature of 7°C  at Leeshaw where I counted 20 Oystercatchers with a couple of Little Owls on their usual wall.  Good to see four returning Reshanks although keeping quite mobile, two Cormorants were on the tower and two Curlew were seen. There were c75 Lapwings, c50 Canadas, a few Greylags and c50 Starlings also seen.

Redshank

Redshanks staying mobile

Oystercatcher

Cormorant

Lapwing

Little Owl

Oystercatchers at Leeshaw

Leeshaw Reservoir 12/3/2022

Yeadon Tarn & Adel Dam NR

Sunday 6th march a.m.

A frosty start with a temperature of 2°C at Yeadon Tarn where there were Goldfinch in the trees by the car park.  The Tarn had a record count of 32 Mute Swans, Gt Crested Grebe, Greylags, Tufteds and a couple Cormorants.  As I was watching G.C.Grebe I heard a familiar piping sound, & thought that sounds like a Redshank, when I got my bins on the bird to my surprise I was right, it flew around the Tarn and then off it went. 

 I then went a few miles down the road to Golden Acre Park and made my way to the Adel Dam Nature Reserve which lies alongside the Park.  I struggled a bit here to start wading my way through the mud at Adel Dam with but when I got the Lake I saw a Mandarin Duck, Teal, Moorhens and Greylags.  As I walked round the circular path I saw a Red Kite over the reserve but looking through the trees could only get a record shot of it.  A Goldcrest moved very quickly around but with some patience I got a few pictures of it.  High in a tree was a Gt Spotted Woodpecker, and a couple of Gt Tits were seen, walking back through Golden Acre park the Lake there held Mute Swans, Tufteds, Canadas and a Little Grebe.

G.C.Grebe

Cormorant

Goldcrest

Goldfinch

GSW

Gt Tit

Little Grebe

Mandarin

Mute Swan

Red Kite

Yeadon Tarn 6/3/2022

 

Dowley Gap

 Saturday 5th March a.m.

Some good sunny spells this morning with a temperature of 5°C as I walked alongside the Canal and River.  A good start with a Kingfisher flying along the canal and a Sparrowhawk surveying the area from high up in a tree. Others seen included Goldcrest, Nuthatch, Grey Wagtail, LT Tit, Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Robin, Goosander and Oystercatcher.

Sparrowhawk

Goosander

LT Tit

Oystercatcher

Robin

Dowley Gap 5/3/2022

Lister Park

Sunday 27th February a.m.

 Another bright sunny morning with a temperature of 1°C as I headed for the lake at Lister Park.  Here there was a Goosander and a couple of Mute Swans together with the usual BH, Common and Herring Gulls, Canadas, Greylags, Tufteds, Moorhen and Coots.

 A walk around the park was slow to start with just a GSW and Nuthatch seen but over time, Mistle Thrush, Song Thrush, Redwing, Lt Tit, Siskin and Treecreeper were added. Others included Robin, Chaffinch, Greenfinch and Goldfinch.

Treecreeper

GSW

Nuthatch

Redwing

Song Thrush

Mistle Thrush

LT Tit

Robin

Siskin

BH & Common Gull

Goosander

Greylags

Herring Gull

Mute Swan

Lister Park 27/2/2022