Sunday, September 27, 2009

Birds around Brighouse

Some sightings whilst walking the annual (13.8 miles) Brighouse Boundary Walk.

Dipper on the stream in Wellholme Park - the start of the walk.
Kingfisher on the Calder near E G P
3 Cormorants overhead
Chiffchaff singing at the top of Strangstry Wood near Rastrick
3 female Goosanders on the Calder towards Bradley Hall
3 Buzzards together appeared low over woodland on the Kirklees Park estate - in view for about 10 minutes from Bradley Hall area.
2 Tufted Duck-juvs ? on small pond on the golf course at Clifton
21 Lapwings over fields near Jay House Lane
40+ Goldfinches in the same area
6 Swallows as well - near the end of the walk
A hard day's walk, but the sore feet were worth it !

2 comments:

TheBaldIbis said...

No Yellowhammers Mike?

Mike Stead said...

No sign of any, but I'll put my earlier records on the other post.