After a wet and windy start the day brightened up but remained windy with a SSW> 5 blowing.
A Christmas Eve dinnertime dash produced next to nothing with Raggalds Flood holding just a handful of small gulls and no birds present on the Pit Lane site.
Shelf Moor trailer park and surrounding fields were void of any signs of bird life whilst a tour round Corporal Hill, Green Lane and Jackson Hill just produced a few small gulls and corvids.
Back at work,miffed and an empty camera when lo and behold a life saving text from my Wibsey look out Peter Turner saying Pinkies on their way .
This Christmas it was,nt a star that appeared in the East but a beautiful skein of Pink Footed geese which flew over the mill low down where I could only see them between the chimney pots and headed west being picked up moments later by DW over Fleet Lane heading for Ogden.
Apologies for not being able to alert NK , whose house they flew over , but they were on me and away in seconds being so low in the wind.
Many thanks to Peter for the quick alert call once again.
Four days off now so better get the camera batteries charged ready.
Good news today after a tea time trip to Bingley Yorkshire clinic where Lynda had the bandage removed and the official ok for her to do her own hair and change the duvet cover, great stuff.
WISHING YOU ALL A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HEALTHY, BIRD PACKED NEW YEAR. Brian and Lynda