Warblers

Had a walk round EGP today , Chiffchaff (4) Willow Warbler (3) , Blackcap (7+) , Garden Warbler (3) , Whitethroat ( 1 ) loads of Sand/House Martins , Swallows , 2 Kingfishers  and 5 Gosseander...

A good wader day............

(thanks D.Franz for photo)

(thanks Phil D for photo)

A good day for waders started with 2 Curlew , 2 LRP , Lapwing and a Common Sand soon to be joined by 2 Whimbrel giving excellent views and a few calls , up on the tops later added  Snipe , Dunlin(5), Golden Plover , Redshank and Oystercatcher . Also seen today 8 SEOwls , 1 male Merlin , 5 + Buzzards , 2 Raven , 1 Widgeon , 1 Sand Martin and lots of Greylag chicks.....................

EGPits

A walk round this morning was a real treat because of one thing , I did not see any people at all not 1.......Chiffchaff x 8 , Blackcap x 6 , Willow Warbler x 3 , Song Thrush x 6 , Bullfinch x 5 , LTTit carrying nesting material , Buzzard x 2 , Kingfisher entering nest hole..and a Grey Wagtail nest..

Ringstone and Mosselden

Had a walk round Mosselden with Phil D (thanks Phil) ,looking for Ring Ouzel no luck today but lots of Skylark , lapwing , Curlew , Wheatear , Stock Dove and one Kestrel.
   Onto Ringstone 1 Goldeneye , 2 Great Crested Grebe , 1 Willow Warbler , 2 Little Ringed Plover , 1 Common Sandpiper , 20 + House Martin , 5 Swallow , 3 Oystercatcher , 4 Moorhen (displaying0  , 1 Buzzard , 80 + Golden Plover , 1 juv female Peregrine landed on the shoreline , and plenty of Mipits.....

Northowram

Had my first flock of linnets (8) feeding on dandilion heads this morning along with 3 male Pied Wagtails on the cricket pitch , first birds here for ages. Orange Tip , Small Tortoiseshell and Peacocks all around the house this afternoon...Found a Nuthatch nest and could here another calling across the valley where a Green Woodpecker  was yaffling away..............

Black Redstart..

Black Redstart at Greenwood Clough today followed it up the gully then it disappeared into the old House conversion..Thanks Pete Grrrrba ,,,not seen one locally  for ages

Beastly east wind

3 LRP , 10 Redshank ,1 Snipe , 15 Oystercatcher plenty of Lapwings and Curlew , 4 SEO , ,2 Raven (1 flying around with some intestine dangling from its bill) , 5 Pied Wagtail and a few Buzzards..

First Swallows

2011......1st April
2012.....21st April
2013....10th April
2014....12th April
2015....13th April
2016......4th April
2017.....21st April
2018.....7th April
2019.....31st March

Cromwell Bottom

                                              Shoulder Stripe at Cromwell Bottom 6.04.19
A nice pair of Northern Shoveler on Lagoon No1 and a singing Blackcap there also , 5 Goosander on the river and Buzzard , Sparrowhawk(alarming) ,Cormorant ,House martin . Sand Martin , Swallows , Chiffchaff (6) , Grey heron (10) and a pair of Bullfinch ,Long -tailed tits and Grey Wagtails  nest building.

8th
Blackcap (5) , Willow Warbler (1) and Chiffchaff (9)

Mixi and Fly

Had a walk round Mixenden reservoir yesterday , 1 Shelduck , 1Redshank , 1 Curlew over , 6 Tufted Duck , 1 Treecreeper , 1 Nuthatch in the willows and 2 Moorhen..(thanks dave)
  Fly Flatts in the snow blizzard today produced my first 4 Wheatear  , 2 Stonechat , 1 Snipe  and little else.