What a load of Rubbish

Thankfully its nearly over just one more night out tonight and then thats it.This is the pile of waste that Christmas producers .Looking forward to the new year and getting some new boots,these boots are well pasy there sell by date.

Dusk on Boxing Day

Managed a very small walk,
3 Snipe
2 Mipit
12 Woodpigs
4 Golfinch
1 Tawny Owl calling in the distance.
3 Herring Gull s/w
10 Common gull blogging

Peace and Goodwill to the Humpback

http://www.greenpeace.org/international/campaigns/oceans/whaling/great-whale-trail/make-the-call-for-whales

Hope u all have a jolly X- Mas

December(early)

There always seems to be a bit of meadow Pipit movement at this time of year as i usually get a small flock of about 20 by the end of December.The first influx started today with 5 birds in the front field,also 5 goldfinch,22 Magpie,11 BH Gull ,4 Common Gull,2 Snipe,2 Cormorant west and 6 herring Gull.

Northowram BTO Atlas square 2

Very Dull indeed,
6 Mistle Thrush
2 Sprwk(male and female)
2 Kestrel
1 Great spot Woodpecker
15 House Sparrow
2Goldcrest
40 redwing
2 Fieldfare
20 Chaffinch
10 Greenfinch
Robins ,Wren ,B Tit,G Tit and Dunnocks.

Northowram BTO atlas

Started off with 40 + House Sparrow and 2 Jays in Back garden.Then added 2 Meadow pipit,1 skylark,4 Snipe and 10 Goldfinch in front field,Into the woods produced 2 GS Woodpeckers,6 Bullfinch,10 Redwing,11 LTTits bird of the day 1 Nuthatch and a Grey Wag by the stream.i checked all the hedges and old buildings but no Tree Sparrows,maybe in the next square.

Not such a Grey Day

Thick fog all day today and about time i did my local walk around Only House Wood.35 House Sparrows,18 Magpie,11 Goldfinch,1 Grey wagtail,2 Pied Wagtail,10 Snipe(a record),1 Skylark,1 female Sparrowhawk,2 Cole Tit and 2 Little Owl.

Red Admiral

A Red admiral in the garden on the 6th of November was the 23rd consecutive month in which i have see a butterfly species.This is a certain sign that its getting warmer.

Sparrowhawk kills Feral pigeon

Female sparwk took Feral pigeon off next doors roof and tumbled into field right outside the house.great stuff.i am sure the increase in sprkws is due to the increase in Collared doves and feral pigeons.?

Blast From the Past

December 1992 at willingham Woods North Lincs a White Throated Sparrow and a male Smew at Covenham res .

Slavonian Grebe ,Lincs

Covenham area Linconshire

Calm weather conditions for November and no rain ?
1 Slavonian Grebe
127 Cormorant
1 Little Egret
1 Marsh harrier
1 Merlin
1 Peregrine
36 Whooper swans South(20 + 12+ 4)
133 Pinkfeet South (60 + 70 + 3 )
150 + Tree Sparrow
2000 Golden plover
500 lapwing
30 Great Crested Grebe
40 Little Grebe
22 Goldeneye
5 Pochard
18 Yellowhammer
200 + Linnet
50 skylark
9 Meadow Pipit
20 Redshank
18 Snipe
2 Turnstone
2 Stonechat
5 widgeon
60 + Blackbird
500 + Fieldfare
400 + Redwing
More than your average year in Calderdale in one day.xxx

Sunrise

A nice sunrise then grey cloud and strong winds.The only birds on the move were a few parties of Fieldfare and Redwing ,a gooseander and 2 LTTits in the back garden

Woodpigeons on the move

The start of the large winter Woodpigeon invasion started today with 700+ moving west soth west.a few small flocks of Redwing and Fieldfare and 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker.1 Red Admiral in the garden.

New BTO Atlas

This is a PUNK birder JOIN UP TODAY for the new atlas at the BTO home page or he is coming round to ask a few questions

Nice mushrooms

What a difference a day makes.

Same place same time as yesterday but very little moving this morning.
131 Starling
48 fieldfare
46 Redwing
10 woodpigeon
7 lapwing
all north west
2 red Admirals

looking out of the window this morning

Kids ill could'nt get out of the house.mass movment could be seen further south(above EGP)but too far away to id.Still very impressivehouse list.
404 fieldfare west/north/west
23 pink footed goose west
139 Woodpigeon s/w
373 Redwing w/s/w
275 Starling west/norh/west
17 Jackdaw
5 Blackbirds
1 stock Dove
2 jay
14 Golfinch
7 Chaffinch

Its worth a look and a pint

Tetney/Covenham res

1 black Tern
8 Whooper Swans
91 Pink Footed Goose
1 lapland Bunting
550 redwing
200 Fieldfare
42 Blackbird
3 widgeon
2 Turnstone
105 Cormorant
400+ starling
1 green sandpiper
1 Merlin
2 Very Jolly days

Sunday/Monday

The first movement of Starlings this autumn were going through in small groups of up to 50 birds and all were moving wnw.Mixed in with these were small groups of Fieldfare,Redwing and Meadow Pipit no large groups mainly 20 - 30.Common Gull and jays also moving in small numbers, a few groups of jackdaws heading west,2 Snipe, 3 Lapwing and the first woodpigeons(100+)all heading west south west.
500 + Starling
100+ Meadow pipit
150 Redwing
50 Fieldfare
2 snipe
3 Lapwing
100 + jackdaw
In the Garden
1 male Blackcap a first
1 great Spotted wodpecker high south
1 male Sparrowhawk
26 Goldfinch(over
2 Cole tit
2 Goldcrest

Last Nights moths

The Sallow, Pink barred sallow and Barred sallow.

Linconshire

200 Pink footed Goose south
3000 Golden plover
900+ woodpigs (blogging)
13 Whooper Swans s/w
125 Skylark
150 + Tree Sparrow
2 Grey plover
4 stonechat
25 Brent Goose
1 Buzzard
3 Brambling
1 Rock Pipit over
14 Fieldfare
50 + Redwing
2 Song Thrush
10 Mistle Thrush
15 Blackbird
100 + Meadow Pipit
30 Common Seal
1 Clouded Yellow
2 Migrant Hawker
6 Common Darter

Northowram to soil Hill and back

2 redwing in garden
30 Linnet Northowram
1 Grey wag Northowram
55 Lapwing and 2 LBBGull North/Quens border
35 Common Gull Moutain footie pitch
Soil Hill
4 Reed Bunting
2/3 Stonechat
1 Snipe
3 Linnet
2 Kestrel
34 Meadow pipit
1 Skylark
1 large gull shoing characteristics of Yellow legged over at 8.55

Soil Hill

52 Lapwing on the Northowram /Queensbury border
1 Wheatear
3 Red Legged partridge
6 Grey partridge
2 Skylark
10 Linnet
8 Meadow pipit
1 Grey heron
2 kestrel
1 Common Gull over

Cornisholme (linconshire)

1Juv merlin
3 green sandpiper
1 Barn owl
7 Snipe
4 Roe Deer
7 Water vole
2 Red Admiral
2 Common Hawker

Little Heck (near Pontefract)today

320+Linnet
10 Tree sparrow
45 Skylark
7 Corn Bunting
7 Yellow hammer
30 + Common Darter
4 Common Hawker
1 Small Copper
8 Small White

All Quiet

1 Chiffchaff
6 Redwing
4 Goldcrest
3 Skylarks
8 Long Tailed tits
1 Pied wag

Autumn Crocus 'Colchicum autumnale'

This rare plant is a Calderdale speciality.Many thanks to Steve blacksmith for pointing them out.Found at Coley today