Happy new year

Happy new year to one and all,lets hope its better than the last 12 months of crap.
Honey Buzzard ,Snow Bunting,Crosbills and Bewicks were the highlights of a poor year,

Calderdale Purple patch

Well with 2 Great Northern Divers,lapland Bunting and Ducks and Raptors it a real good time for local birders(pity I missed um all).Anyway today I looked out the window and noticed 5 white birds flying south they had to be small geese/snow???!!!!!then they flew west showing them to be short necked YBSwans.I have had loads of Whoopers over the house so texted them out as Whoopers,only to realise as I sent the text that they were far too small and flighty and could only have been Bewick's.Dohhhh,1 Sparrowhawk,55 Lapwing 30+ Common Gulls and 20 Fieldfare.

First trip out in December

Managed a quick look at EGP today with Sprwk,Buzzard,Scaup,Goldeneye,Great crested and little Grebes and a load of Tufted ducks,Back home 5 Bullfinch was a real treat.Also good numbers of Herring and Great BB Gulls on the move west.Peregrines at Whiteholme and Wainhouse Tower.

Merry X-mas

lapwings

You can tell its winter when the Lapwing flock from Queensbur moves to Northowram ,12 over the house today and a Little Owl sunning itself.
A town tick with 30 Lapwings low over the town centre and a female Sparowhawk having a tussle with a Carrion crow