up from the railway to the village carrying goods.
Not easy to fit,calling at the paper shop, walking home, having dinner, walking the dogs up the park then a quick birding session down the Dailies on the way back to work all in a dinner hour but it is possible.
A bright blue sky and talk of Pinkies on the move gave me the urge to get down there and see what was about. The vantage point east from the top of the Dailie fields is amazing but unfortunately no geese were in the skies. Several LBBs were heading >NW and 4 Herring Gulls went over >WNW along with a party of 5 Mistle Thrush >N.
Down in the Hawthorns a small number of Fieldfare and Redwings were flitting about and a Green Woodpecker was calling but not observed.
Linnets were still present with 3 very lively birds moving around the gorse bushes.
After that it was time to scale back up the hill, stop to regain proper breathing at the top, and back to work.
BS
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Better than getting your feet up! and a good return for the effort. Interesting with more Linnets about too.
Is that the area they used to call the Queensbury triangle? (back to my trainspotting days now!!!!)
Thats right Dave, the triangle was where the Thornton,Bradford and Halifax lines met in the station. The viaduct has been knocked down and filled in but the tunnel to Halifax is still there. You and Jen could whip through the tunnel from Ovenden and come out in the Queensbury.
I remember being taken to Bradford to see Father Christmas when I was a toddler. It frightened me to death in that tunnel straight out of Holmfield Station with no lights on - never again - not in that tunnel anyway!
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