Tour of the Oxenhope Reservoirs

                        Lower Laithe reservoir

             

                 1st light at Leeshaw

                                       Leeshaw Reservoir

       The springtime Twite feeding area, leeshaw

 This gravel sight has been used since the 1980s
                      Buddy checking it out.

                       From the Twite area

                Large flocks of Woodpigeons.

                                   Leeming reservoir

                        The old mill, now flats

                                 Not much to show

0715hrs-1000hrs.

At last the fog has gone but replaced with mild , calm sunshine not helping our job, wheres the cold weather.?
All the reservoirs were about the same with very little signs of wildfowl.

Lower Laithe
9 Mallard
1pr Teal
1pr Goosander
Sev small gulls

Leeshaw
1 Pink Footed Goose off the water first light and >W
3 Greylag geese >E
7 Mallard
4 Cormorant
Sev small gulls
140+ Woodpigeons, from roost
45 Fieldfare
4 Mistle Thrush
19 Redwing
1 Heron
+ usual sp.

Leeming
39 Mallard
sev small gulls

Raggalds Flood
Dried up
BS