A calm frosty morning with early fine snow and mist in the valleys.
A disappointing morning when I started at Cold Edge Dams only to find the top dam frozen and the lower dam 60% frozen hence only Mallard present but the bonus of a fly over Peregrine.
Hunter Hill was quiet but scoping Mixenden dam I found Goosander, Goldeneye, 2 Cormorants and around 200 small gulls.
Stopping at DJS s reported area at the Delvers the scene was amazing with around 150 finches, Chaffs, Greens and Gold with at least 8 Brambling. The field and wires were full of Mistle Thrush, Fieldfare and Redwing with at least 3 Mipits.
I called at Mixenden res on the way back just in time to see the Cormorants flushed by anglers which then flew off south, the birds that is, not the anglers.
Cold Edge Dams
18 Mallard
4 Red Grouse
1 Peregrine >N
Hunter Hill
16 LBBs >NW
1 Little Owl
2 Meadow Pipit
Delvers
c150 Chaffinch, Greenfinch and Goldfinch
c8 Brambling
3 Meadow Pipit
c40 Fieldfare
c25 Redwing
c18 Mistlethrush
Mixenden Res
4m Goosander 2f Goosander
1m Goldeneye
2 Cormorant
c200 Common and Bh gulls, mainly BH.
BS
5 comments:
That lot was well worth the round trip. Is the Delvers that alehouse en route to Cold Edge?
Thats right Nigel, the birds are in and around the horse field behind the pub, well worth a visit if you have chance as long as they stick around
Nothing at the Delvers at 3 pm this afternoon, same thing one day last week. Mornings seem to be much better for the finches. I chucked seed over into the field this afternoon!
Where abouts was the Little Owl Bri as Jeff Cox is logging all Little Owl sites this year.
Not a bad haul today then.
The Little Owl was where Ive had it a few times before. If you walk down the track from the road to the new fence, instead of turning right to your watchpoint go left and through the gate then right to go down the track above the gulley of trees the bird is nearly always 20yds down on the left hand wall right by the track.
If you want to let me have Jeffs e mail by e mail to me I,ll send any future Little Owl sightings on to him.
Thanks for the info Brian - I will let you have Jeff's email, will you send him this detail too, of the one at Hunter Hill.
I think they call that spot Slaughter Gap -I wonder what went on there years ago - Hunter Hill and Slaughter Gap - must have been a bad place to fly past??!!
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