1430 hrs and off to Mixenden, camera at the ready to snap the goods.
The afternoon was bright and showery with a strong WSW>5 as I scaled the banking ready to snap whatever was in the usual SW corner only to find a load of nuggets chucking stones at a floating tin plus trials bikes creating havoc in the wood so it was a quick scan of the water and off to Cold Edge Dams.
Mixenden
23 Black Headed gulls
8 Common gulls
1 LBB gull
Cold Edge dams was blustery to say the least but dry , bright and bird less.
The lower Leadbeater dam held 13 Mallard and 6 Canadas whilst the upper Haigh Cote dam was void of any bird life. A check of the track failed to produce Stonechat and Reed Bunting whilst even the Spring dam failed to produce the resident Little Grebe.
A few small gulls and corvids were in the fields and that was that.
Raggalds Flood held 23 small gulls and the same amount of Lapwing from this morning were down Pit Lane.
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.(2025).