Thought Id head to the bottom of the hill for an hour late afternoon to find where all the birds are and sure enough, Elland Gravel Pits have them all. A different world down there with swarms of flies, Swallows in the air and birds singing from every tree.
Did a bit of bird table photography which to me is cheating a bit with birds as a sitting target but its very tempting, especially when there are male Bullfinch present.
Found myself rusty with bird song as you dont hear many on the uplands but it made a nice change apart from the constant flow of people walking by, many of which walked right up to the tables and inspected the food.
One couple said to me in a very loud voice " Not much about is there ", " No ", I said," but there was before you came."
Apart from the usual nuggets I met several nice people genuinely interested in the area, one couple even showed me a Wrens nest and took a photo of West Yorkshire Birding on my cap so he could look it up on his computer tonight.
At least |I,ve topped my annual list up a bit.
Blackcap
Chiffchaff
Bullfinch
Swallow
Green Woodpecker
Redpoll
Goosander
Wren
Mute Swan
Coot
Heron
+ usual sp.
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