Into June tomorrow which is classed as the birders depression month with birds settled down to breeding and feeding young leaving birders staring at empty skies but dont dismay, June can turn up one or two rarities and as the pictures below from previous Junes show, there,s always something to watch.
Twite at Fly Flatts 2011
Tawny owl using nest box
Rough water at Fly Flatts, yes. this was June!
Plenty noisy Redshank around
Fly Flatts Snipe
LBB gulls on egg search over the moors
Skylarks still sing throughout June
Swifts are a common sight through the month
Distant Cuckoo at Leeshaw
Nuthatches active at Ogden
Long Eared Owls become more active
Distant Little Ringed and Ringed Plovers at Leeshaw
Golden Plover on the moor
Willow Warblers in good numbers
Crossbills for Ogden, a June treat.
Whitethroat feeding young
Oystercatcher chick
Mother standing by.
Juv Whitethroats Soil Hill
Invasion of Greenfinch in Foxhill park, a rare bird for the area.
Just as we like it, Leeshaw with shoreline
Willow Warbler feeding young.
After seeing 4 Shelduck over Ogden yesterday the 30th I checked my records and the last fly over I had at Ogden was 25th May last year. Also 2 were on the Raggalds Flood 15/5/13 so it looks like the end of May is a prominent time for Shelduck movement
