Lesser Yellowlegs

 Finally made it to Nosterfield today ..

Lesser Yellowlegs x 1

Little Stint x 1 

Ruff x 1 

Pochard , Shoveler , Widgeon , Little Egret , Gadwall , Lapwing etc//

Whoopers 50 Pinks 80

 Walked out of the house this morning and 80 Pinks calling right over the house..Glad DJS picked them up........

Whooper x 50 Pinks x 0

 A single Whooper Swan on Lower Gorple at first light soon headed of s/w . This makes 50 Whooper Swans so far at Lower Gorple this October 33 + 16 +1  and not 1 Pink footed Goose as yet...A lone Raven and 1 BH Gull, 1 Pied and 1 Grey Wag......

West Yorkshire Birding...

                                                       Little Bustard Methley 7th August 2019

                                                               Roller Crimsworth Dean 2nd June 2019

                                      Bairds sandpiper , Whiteholme Reservoir 15th September 2017

                                    Franklins Gull, near Redcar Tarn Keighley 14th September2020

                                              Hoopoe Collingham 2nd October  2020

Brown Shrike in West Yorkshire

 Beauty.......

Not my photos , but thanks  to Yorkshire Birders face book page

Lower Gorple first light Sat morning

Whooper Swans x 36 s/w

Crossbills x 11  s/w

Barn Owls x 2 present

Chaffinch x 20 s/w

Lapwing x 4 s/w

Raven x 4 displaying

Reed Bunting x 10 blogging 

Greylags , Mallards , Canadas

Rock Pipits , Lower Gorple 14th October

 On arriving at Lower Gorple a Pipit flew onto the wall , got the bins on it a Meadow Pipit ,another pipit behind it was large and grey we both called Water pipit ,then behind it another large dark pipit..there are two..!!!! After  following them along the dam wall in torrential rain we had seen 1) white outer tail feather , 2 ) two strong white wing bars in flight ..not 100% at this point but we were both leaning towards Water and we had both taken a lot of photos and the weather was awful. We put them out as Water Pipits .When I got home and looked at the photos I was still not 100% sure and TBH they looked like Rock Pipits . Anyway after a few emails and phone calls with Dave , Dave and Dave we came to the conclusion that they were indeed  Rock Pipits....Alls well that ends well ....Many thanks to the 3 Daves.....and the first time two have turned up together in Calderdale...

Red Grouse

 

Norfolk sea watch ....

Pink -Footed Goose  x  350 west

Dark - bellied Brent Goose x    3 + 17 + 22 ...(42) west

Greylag Goose  x  45 west in one flock

Egyptian Goose x 4 west 

Grey Plover x 8 together east 

Gannet x 1000 + 75% 1st years birds heading east

Red Throated Diver  x 9 east

GreaT Skua x 2

Common Scoter  x 2 + 5 + 4   (11) west

Gullimot/Razorbill 500 + east 

Sandwich Tern x 2 east 

Little Egret x 2 west 

One Muntjac deer barking,,first one I have seen well...

                                                 After the storm

                                                     Green Brindled Creasent 

New List

                                                      Finished

                                                 To do..new list....

Hitching Stone and Earl Cragg

                                                   Lunds Tower (Pepper)

                                                         Wainmans Pinnacle (salt)

                                                          The Hitching Stone 

                                               The Bath in the Hitching Stone...
 

Fairburn

Cattle Egret , Little Egret , Shoveler , Gadwall , Marsh Harrier , Red Kite , Sparrowhawk , Kestrel , Buzzard , Swallow (2) , Cettis Warbler and Migrant Hawker ,Peacock , Large White...

Walshaw Dean

 Sparrowhawk x 1

Kestrel x 9 

Buzzard x 6

Peregrine x 1 

Barn Owl x 2

Swallow x 7

Grey Partridge x 2

Stonechat  x 6

Raven x 2

Hens x 3/4

Hoopoe in Leeds

 

The Dales

                                               Great Whernside

                                            Little Whernside

                                                       3 Peaks

                                                     Fox Moth

                                                       Scar House and Angram Reservoirs

                                                  Cairn on Great Whernside and 3 Peaks in the distance

Red Kite x 5 , Merlin x 1 , Kestrel x 2 , Raven x 2 , Buzzard x 3 , Wheatear x 2 and plenty Mipits

28th Sept 2020

A walk up to top Whiteholme reservoir ,was very quiet for most of the time but the last Rowan before the dam wall was busy with , 2 Ring Ouzel , 2 Goldcrest , 4 Chaffinch , 1 Chiffchaff , 3 Blackbird (1 all jet black beak  looked continental) , Robin , Great Tit ,6 Mistle Thrush and a very grey continental looking Song Thrush...Also seen 4 Buzzard , 4 Kestrel , 2 Barn Owl , 4 Stonechat , 3 Teal , 70 + Red Grouse, 1 Tawny Owl at Widdop Gate  and a few Meadow Pipits . Grey Heron at Hollas Bridge today.... 
 

Out and about/....

 Ringstone held a Ringed Plover , 4 Cormorants..and the usual species , a quick look at the Black Redstart on Soil Hill and the up on the tops , 2/3 HH , Wheatear , 10 Stonechats ,15 Mistle Thrush , 4 Goldies  and a beautiful Barn Owl