GAP 2

 

The GAP ....

 Many thanks to Keith , Will and Paul a great morning

Green Warbler and local round up

 Luckily thee Green Warbler at Buckton stayed till I arrived , showed very well for 30 minutes then dived for cover as the rain set in......

 A couple of trips to Ringstone produced 3 Shoveler  , male and juv  Blackcap , 3 Chiffchaff , 4 Snipe , 2 GCgrebe , 1 Tufted Duck and a message about a juv Pochard at Dean Head  turned out to be a juv female Scaup ...thanks Matthew both Pochard and Scaup are very scarce in Calderdale..

White tailed Plover and local round up....

 A quick trip to Blacktoft Sands..

White Tailed Plover x 1 

Spotted  Redhanks x 4

Green Sandpiper x 7 

Ruff x 11 

Black tailed Godwit x 20

Greenshanks x 4

Dunlin x 20 

Bearded Tit x 3 

Sedge Warbler x 6 

Water Rail x 1

Marsh Harrier x 1 ad fem 

Little Egret x 8

Northowram 16th August 

10 x Swift 

5 x Sand Martin

Northowram 18th August

Adult Hobby chasing Swallows

Fly Flatts 26th August

A walk round the whole reservoir, wish they would take those stupid Access only signs down..

1 x Snipe 

2 x Wheatear 

4 x LBBGull

1 x Spotted Redshank flying and calling

2 x Kestrel.

Lower Gorple 28th August

Marsh Harrier juv Cream Crown a real beauty picked up by PD 

1 x Merlin 

21 x Raven

5 x Barn Owl 

1 x female Sparrowhawk a real beauty with  rustic colour to back and wings..

2 x Snipe

Soil Hill and Home

                                                          Juv Wheatear Soil Hill

                                                  Grashopper sp   in Garden

                                                    Poplar Hawkmoth Soil Hill

                                                   Roe Deer in front of house this  morning
 

Lower Gorple

 A cold and quiet visit, 1 Juv Green Woodpecker , 1 Sand Martin , 6 Swallows , 1 SEO (juv) , 2 Lapwing , 8 Mistle Thrush , 7 Kestrel , 4 Buzzard , 2 Oystercatcher , 1 Grey Heron , 1 Dipper , 3 Greylags , 20 Canadas , 24 Mallard , 1 Wheatear , 2 Raven and 7 LBBBGull............

Great Black - backed Gull lower Gorple

 Don't see many of these nowerdays , in fact Yellow legged Gulls seems to be more common in the last few years..Thanks to Phil D 

Walshaw area and back garden

Great to out and about on the tops again for last two evenings , 2 adult female HH , 4 Buzzards , 10 + Kestrels , 10 + Siskin , 1 Juv Redstart ,1 Spot Fly , 10 + Willow Warblers , 6 SEO , 3 BO , 4 LRP , Common Sands , 2nd winter GBBGull , Oycks , Curlew , good move of Swallows , 1 Swift , 4 Raven , 5 Wheatear , Common Sands , Tufted Duck and the odd Teal..

   Prsume this Dragonfly the first Ive had in the garden is a Common Hawker...
 

Moths ....Hollas Bridge ,..thanks Charlie for the photos

                                                        Drinker

                                                          Yarrow Plume

                                                 Eudemis profundana

                                                           Phycita roberella    

                                                         Lobesia absciana

117/8 species recorded in 4 hours at Hollas bridge on the 23rd July 2021....
 

Garden Watch last few days..

 Great to get a Common Whitethroat in the back garden this morning cracking adult male ...Swifts , Swallows BH  , LBB Gull have all been common moving in various directions. Male and female Sparrowhawk , kestrel , 10 Stock Doves , 2 juv LTTits , Red Kite went high east and a couple of juv Tawny Owls could be herd calling from the local wood last night...

Cromwell Bottom Big Butterfly Hunt

                                           Common Emerald

                                                    Ruddy Darter

                                                       Purple Hairstreak...

What a fabulous  day red hot sunshine , loads of butterfly's , moths and Dragonfly's , mant thanks to all who turned up and thanks to Paul B for the photos...... 
 

Black browed Albatross and Dark Bordered beauty...say no more

                                                              Spot the Albatross

                                                         (photo NCD cheers)

                                                    (photo NCD cheers)

                                                                        

 

Hadrians Wall...(east to west 84 miles 6 days)

 

Breeding Wigeon and Wood Tiger

Both from North Yorkshire Dales , found 5 Wood Tigers and 4 pairs of Wigeon with young...
 

Mid June

                                           Short eared Owl.....

                                            Green HAirstreaks still about 3+ 18th June

                                            Red legged Partridge

                                            LEO road victim

                                           2 GP and an OC...

  

                                                            Oak Eggar

...                                          Full Adder Skin