Oxenhope.... birds come back! 23-01-2011

Raven o'r the Vale of Worth... montage (c) 2011


BH Gull.... (c) 2011


Goosanders at late light... (c) 2011

GBB Gull 3rd W.... straight through east.... (c) 2011

Common Gull.... (c) 2011

Grey Heron after feeding on amphibians in the in-bye pools... (c) 2011

Dread.... (c) 2011

Another dread!.... (c) 2011

0915-1130hr

A placid morning with visibility and yes some birds in the sky!

Moving birds:

GBB Gull 1 3W > E

Stock Dove 3 > W

Common Gull 56 > NE and N

BH Gull 21 > various

Raven 1 > S over Worth Vale

Other:

Woodpigeons returned into the wood!

Greenfinch 1

Grey Heron.... catching amphibians in the in-bye ponds

Carrion Crow.... 6 including one carrying a big lump of bloody meat!

Magpie 2 including one without a tail!!

Placid PM

1315-1730hr DB, CJK, BS (welcome back Bri)

Again active roosts of similar magnitude to yesterday again with many gulls going off N.

LBB Gull 1 AD, 1 1st W!! =2... first of the year for me!!

Herring Gull 1

Common Gull c1500

BH Gull c1500

Goosander 31

Goldeneye 4
Mallard 34

Goosander roost (7/31 present) a time exposure at edge of dark! (c) 2011

Dave

Oxenhope.... roosts return! 22-01-2011

AM Gloom.... (c) 2011


On the Clear with overnight ice still present!! (c) 2010

Visibility initially but soon closing down from the west.
0830-1050hr

Very few birds seen, still virtually nothing on the deck and even less in the sky!

Dave


1515-1730hr
Visibility now cleared and active roosts returned now returned... must have happened sometime last week during the open sky ideallic weather. Despite the roost remaining, many gulls were going straight through or leaving north suggesting active relocation....

BH Gull c1400
Common Gull c1600
Med Gull 1 1st W noted during final count
Mallard 35
Dunlin 2 flying around calling at dusk went off high west
Goosander 31
Fieldfare c150 to roost
Goldeneye 7

Dave