1430 hrs and after a bright sunny day I headed to Mixenden to get some half decent shots of the Goldeneye but as I arrived so did my personalized black clouds creeping in from the SW and within 10 minutes of being there the area was plummeted into black and white with everything thrown into silhouette.
Big Bertha gave a moan as once again all her settings were wound near the limit to pick up some light.
I,d managed to get some shots of the Herring gull, Cormorant and small gulls before the light went so was now just left with the Goldeneye which took some finding to start with spread out right across the water and diving constantly but eventually I picked out the 2 male and 3 female. The birds were very flighty and distant so I set up the tripod in the wood hoping they would drift closer but this never happened of course. 4 Goldcrest were moving about in the conifers and there were hundreds of midges over the water.
By now the rain was coming down heavy so it was time to tackle up and call it a do till next year.
Once again , many thanks to all who have taken the time to watch my blog and have inspired me to keep it going with comments, kind remarks and bird reports through 2017. Lets hope 2018 will be kind to us in every way so we can keep on enjoying this wonderful hobby.
Also, many thanks to Yorkshire Water and Halifax Sailing Club for their kind support for me at Fly Flatts reservoir..
I wish you all............. A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR..........
All I have to do now is wait up till after midnight until the silly fireworks, ( that should be banned,) are over to keep the dogs settled so I can get to bed ready for an early start in the morning , and thats my final Victor Meldrew moan of the year.
All the best. BS