Gulls

 

Early Jan

 Med Gull Filey Brigg 

Lapland Bunting Bempton

                                                          Black Redstart Derby Dleph
 

2026,,,,

                                            Happy New Year.....hope 2026 is as good as 2025........

Mauritius

 

Calderdale Birds 2025 and what a year it was..

 Calderdale 2025 ...1) Red Kite , 2) Peregrine Falcon , 3 ) Kestrel , 4) Sparrowhawk , 5 ) Hen Harrier , 6 ) Buzzard , 7 ) Barn Owl , 8 ) Little Owl , 9 )Tawny Owl , 10 ) Med Gull , 11)  LBBGull 12 ) GBBGull , 13 ) Herring Gull , 14 )Common Gull , 15 ) BH Gull , 16 )  Pink F Goose ,  17 ) Whooper Swan , 18 ) Mute Swan , 19) Coot , 20 ) Moorhen  , 21 ) Mallard , 22 ) Pochard , 23 ) Tufted Duck , 24 ) Scaup , 25 ) , Goldeneye  , 26 )  Shoveler , 27 ) Mandarin Duck ,  28 )  Widgeon , 29 ) Teal , 30 ) Goosander , 31 ) Little Grebe , 32) Greylag Goose , 33 )Canada Goose , 34) Red Grouse , 35)  Pheasant , 36 ) Red-legged Partridge , 37 ) Cormorant , 38 ) Grey Heron , 39 ) Kingfisher , 40 ) Dipper , 41 ) Grey Wagtail , 42 ) Pied Wagtail , 43) Lapwing , 44 ) Golden Plover , 45) Feral Pigeon , 46 ) Woodpigeon , 47 ) Stock Dove , 48 ) Collared Dove , 49 ) Great Spotted Woodpecker , 50 )Green Woodpecker , 51 ) Treecreeper , 52 ) Nuthatch ,  53 )Wren , 54 )Robin , 55 ) Dunnock , 56 ) House Sparrow , 57 )Tree Sparrow , 58 ) Meadow Pipit , 59 ) Skylark , 60) Chaffinch , 61 ) Brambling , 63) Goldfinch , 63) Greenfinch , 64 ) Redpoll , 65 ) Siskin , 66) Crossbill , 67 ) , Bullfinch 68 ) Reed Bunting , 69) , Blackbird , 70) Song Thrush , 71 ) Mistle Thrush , 72 ) Fieldfare , 73 ) Redwing , 74 ) Goldcrest , 75 ) Jay , 76) Raven , 77 ) Rook , 78 ) Jackdaw , 79 ) Carrion Crow , 80 ) Magpie , 81) Starling , 82 ) Blue Tit , 83 ) Great Tit , 84 ) Long - tailed Tit , 85 ) Cole Tit , 86) Stonechat , 87 ) Common Snipe, 88 ) Jack Snipe , 89) Blackcap , 90 )  Curlew  , 91 ) Oystercatcher , 92 ) Barnacle Goose , 93 ) Egyptian Goose ,  94 )Ringed Plover , 95) Short -eared Owl , 96 ) Redshank , 97 ) Woodcock ,98) Merlin  , 99) Chiffchaff 100)  Linnet  101) Great Crested Grebe .102) LRPlover 103) Shelduck 104)Wheatear 105) Twite 106) Swallow 107) Sand Martin 108) House Martin 109 ) Yellowhammer110) Willow Warbler 111) Common Scoter....11th APRIL ONWARDS , 112 ) Common Sandpiper 113) Ring Ouzel 114) Cuckoo , 115) Common Whitethroat 116 ) Garden Warbler , 117 ) Grasshopper Warbler , 118) Dunlin  , 119 ) Ruff , 120) Swift.121) Sanderling 122) Yellow Wagtail 123 ) Long -eared Owl 124) Reed Warbler , 125) Quail , 126) Common Tern  127) Nightjar (call only) 128) Hobby 129) Black -tailed Godwit 130 ) Sedge Warbler 131 ) Greenshank 132 ) Spotted Flycatcher 133 ) Common Redstart 134 ) Black Redstart 135 ) Marsh Harrier .136) Little Egret 137) Lesser Whitethroat 138 ) Whinchat 139 ) Whimbrel   140) Turnstone 141 ) Caspian Gull  142) Osprey 143 ) Little Stint 144) Curlew Sandpiper 145 ) Bar-tailed Godwit 146 ) Yellow - legged Gull .147 ) Grey Partridge 148) Arctic Skua 149 ) Pintail 150) Siberian/(eastern) Stonechat .151) Gadwall 152 ) Knot 153) Grey Plover 154 ) Shag..

Missed ,

Pied Flycatcher , Tree Pipit , Common Crane , Spoonbill , Pallid Harrier , Wood Sandpiper , Goshawk, Water Rail , Green Sandpiper ,Snow Bunting and a few more...

Whiteholme ...

 The birds kept coming up until early November  , Little Egret , male Pintail , Merlin , Starlings  , Woodpigeon , Peregrine , Whooper Swans and many flocks of Pink footed Geese, Today the 20th of November the winds had turned to the north , a bitterly cold wind that cut you in half on the exposed dam wall..only 8 species , Reed Bunts x 2 , Carrion Crow  x5 , Red Grouse x 4 , Herring Gull x 1 , BH Gull x 17 and Common Gull x 5 , Starling x 33(30 +3) and 1 Raven...... but a brilliant autumn at Whiteholme.

Barn Owl

 

Late Wader for Whiteholme

 A fantastic couple of mornings at Whiteholme , 

 Wedneasday Pinks 650 + in 9 skeins , Starlings 850 + in 7 tight flocks , 3 Woodpigeon , 3 Herring Gulls , 1 GBBGull and 4 Black - headed Gulls all moving west .The highlight a very distant Grey Plover (honest).....

Thursday ..Pinks 310 , Starlings 1098 , Lapwing 3 , Herring Gull 5 , Skylark , Merlin , Woodpigeon 234 , and another or the same Grey Plover the one today looked la lot darker ...

Snow Bunting

 

Woodcock and Snow Bunting

Snow Bunting

Woodcock

 Thought this was a rabbit at first as it ran through the grass !! ,  not often you see them on the ground and during the day..!!!!!! in Mablethorpe ,and then nearly tripped over this Snow Bunting at last light on the coastal path...
 

Gulls