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BS




Thursday, December 9, 2021

Mixenden Reservoir

 

                                                Coal Tit in my garden bird bath enjoying the water

This white bellied bird gave me a scare, partially white House Sparrow.
                                            Nearest thing to a Snow Bunting so far.


                 
MIXENDEN                                  Failed to produce the goods again
                                          just 2 ad Herring plus 2  1st winter Herring..

                                            Single Moorhen
                                             10 Commons and around 40 Black Headeds


                                             and not a Goldeneye in sight.

After a drizzly damp start to the morning the sky cleared mid afternoon with clear skies on a light SSW>3 at 5 degrees.
                                 Once again the water was quiet with the only waterfowl being 1 Moorhen and a pair of Mallard which dropped in from the north.
Around 40 BH gulls were on the water along with 10 Common gulls but only 4 big gulls, 2 ad Herring and 2  1st winter Herring which all 4 left >SW shortly after I arrived.
                                Long Tailed tits and Goldcrests were flitting around the west bank trees but otherwise very quiet. 
By this time last year I,d had 10 Goldeneye at this site, the first arriving 22nd October.
BS