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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.
BS




Thursday, November 30, 2017

A pleasing hour at Ogden.

                                       A good count of 48 Canadas.
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                                        Dipper down in the sluice gate


                                         5 Herring gulls present
                                                Adult
                                                     Adult

                                       3rd winter
                                               
        Geese heading off to roost . Possibly Mixenden.





With reports of winter wildfowl on the move I anticipated Ogden to be a good sheltered spot for anything to drop in rather than the exposed Fly Flatts in a strong N>6 so at 1445 hrs I arrived there to a cold N>5 and 80 % cloud cover with heavy freezing.
                                                             The first sighting on the water was a good count of 48 Canada geese which left low towards Mixenden at 1530 hrs during a heavy snow storm which luckily was short lived and did,nt amount to much.
The Kingfisher was just leaving the sluice gate area heading down stream whilst a Dipper was there throughout though hard to get pictures of down in the darkness but with the camera near full open I managed a few record shots.
                                             Around 100 small gulls were on the water and scanning through them I picked out 5 Herring gulls out in the centre but could,nt turn any of them into Caspian.
Several Redwing were dropping down into the plantation last light whilst Goldfinch gathered in the high trees. So nothing really special this trip but a nice selection of species and encouraging to know Herring gulls are being attracted to the water at this site. We should be due for a winter white winged this year.
BS