Herring Gulls.....

Yes .....more Gulls....

                                                   HG

                                                   LBBG

                                                    BHG

Also present 1st and 2nd Winter Caspian Gulls........

Iceland Gull...........Boom..!!!!!!

                                         Who's that in the corner...!!!! ????

The Butterflies and Moths of Calderdale report

This is finally finished and at the publishers , it will be available from next Monday , its just short of 200 pages and will cost £7.50 + p and p if needed. All profits will be donated to Yorkshire Butterfly Conservation.....

More Caspian Gull2nd Winter again today

Caspian Gull 1st winter in flight and some locals

More Gulls

                                             1st winter in flight

                                           1st winter taking off

Plenty Gulls this morning at Redcar Tarn , 250 + BH Gull , 15 Common Gull , 40 Herring Gull , 2 LBBGull and one 1st winter Caspian Gull....

Caspian Gull 2nd Winter.....at Redcar Tarn

Many thanks to Bri Sumner for information on this  bird and Gandalf the Grey for finding it...It was snowing when i got there and the wind was terrible so hopefully get back soon to get some more photos and maybe see the 1st winter ....

                                                                        LBBGull

The Eagles Head.......is back ....

142 was the winning score and not done it since 2003 (145 with Yellow legged Gull a sub species back then ) , it was great to see Yellowhammers and Tree Sparrows in the east , Owls and Raptors  on the hills and a good year for waders with low water levels in the spring......and Roller......

Lower Gorple

Sat tagged Female Hen Harrier

I managed to get to the moors last week and was very fortunate to see a large female Hen Harrier , I watched it for about five minutes as it got closer and closer to where I was standing , it turned to its side and I could clearly see that it had a satellite tag on its back not always easy to see in the field , but this was easy to see it was joined by a young female for a short time and this was good to see the size difference between them...lots of gulls on the move and the water levels in the reservoirs seem to be falling fast..............

New Years Day

First bird of the year was a Rook flying over the house calling soon followed by 5 Magpies , 2 Carrion Crow , 45 Jackdaw , 2 Collard Dove , 1 Jay ,,6 BH Gull , 2 Starling , 1 Blackbird , 3 Herring Gull and a couple of Chaffinch .....things can only get better.................