At some point we all have to admit defeat and today was my turn with thick fog and thick snow up here in the gods putting a stop to both morning and tea time birding sessions. On a good note the rain now falling is starting to shift the snow so hopefully by tomorrow we,ll be back mobile again.
In the meantime I,ve put a few images together of birds that have turned up in the previous 3 years during the month of April so you know what to expect and look forward to.
Ring Necked Parakeet ,Bradshaw, first found by JL
Osprey over MOT station after alert from AC
Long Eared Owl, local site
Wheatears moving through
Teal at Fly Flatts
Common Sandpipers back for summer
Golden Plover
Linnet
Whoopers in the fog, Ogden
Displaying Dippers
Redshank back at our reservoirs
Ring Ouzels, this was a Hunter Hill bird
Singing Willow Warblers
Reed Buntings becoming more noticeable.
Dunlin hanging around the shorelines
Still not too late for Goldeneye. This was Mixenden
Listen for Snipe up drumming
pre breeding Golden Plover numbers rising
female Teal
Little Ringed Plover with Redshank, Raggalds Flood
Common Scoters turning up on inland waters.
Hardy Stonechats on the moor
Meadow Pipit
Shelduck at Fly Flatts
Swallows will soon be a common sight.
Get those reports flooding in.
Normal service will be resumed as soon as possible
BS
