Day 1 bart car! Foxhill/ Dailies Fields, Queensbury.

 

                                 Looking down from the top of the Dailies to the over-grown 

                                     Queensbury station.

                                       The old railway red bricked chimney

                                        Looking across to Black Hill, left centre

                                    Hazy to the east, looking over Listers Mill to Yeadon airport

                                          and Otley Chevin on the horizon

                            Tons of Hawthorn berries for the Redwing and Fieldfare when

                              they arrive and get established

                                       Looking across to Shipley Glen and Baildon Moor.

A very blustery day with a moderate SW>4 turning W>5 gusting 6 with bright skies and sunshine.

                           A wander over Foxhill early morn found 42 Common gulls in the park as well as 2 Pied Wagtail whilst 18 Redwing flew over low >SW looking as if they came up from Queensbury station where they tend to roost along with Fieldfare each winter.

                          Early afternoon and a check on the sky over the Aire Valley from the Dailie Fields just found a few Herring, Common and LBB gulls with several Woodpigeons and Stock Doves heading in no particular direction.

                        The Hawthorns held 3 Meadow Pipits plus several Goldfinch as well as Blue, Great and Coal Tit whilst a Sparrowhawk soared high up in the distance along with a Buzzard. Blackbirds were enjoying the berries along with 2 Mistle Thrush.

Birding with no car is like being back in lock down.

BS