WEST YORKSHIRE BIRDING: Grand Tour

WEST YORKSHIRE BIRDING. BRIAN SUMNER. I am based at Queensbury and bird a patch within a 10 mile range of home incorporating 16 stretches of water, several plantations, a belt of woodland, stretches of river and canal and good areas of moorland. I specialize in upland birds, reservoir and sky watching. My local patch is Fly Flatts reservoir. Any reports can be sent by text or call to 07771 705024 or see profile for e mail address. All images on this blog are copyright.(2024).

WEST YORKSHIRE BIRDING

BRIAN SUMNER.

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NOTE !!

No sightings of Roe Deer, Fox, Hare or Badger will be mentioned on this blog throughout the year and links will be removed from other blogs giving the whereabouts of these mammals due to the rising influx of poaching, long dogging and lamping by sick individuals.

Sunday, February 2, 2014

Grand Tour

Leeshaw Reservoir

Plenty geese but no specials

A bright and breezy morning with a cold SSW>5 but dry after overnight hail showers with thunder and lightening.

Leeshaw Reservoir
56 Canada Geese
62 Greylag geese
4 Mistle Thrush
1 Sparrowhawk
2 Pied Wagtails
1 m Goosander >W
1 Cormorant
few Redwing and Fieldfare
usual small gulls, Mallards etc

Raggalds Flood
1pr Mallard
2 BHgulls

Fly Flatts
6 Red Grouse

Delvers
sev Chaffinch, Greenfinch, Goldfinch
+ usual tits etc

Shelf Moor
12 Lapwing
1 Pied Wagtail

Coley
Few Redwing and Fieldfare
+ usual corvids
BS