Thursday, September 03, 2009

Elland GP 03/09/2009











Fairly quiet most days at the moment. All 5 Goosander young are flying up and down the river as are the 3 Kingfishers. Seen this week 9 juv Blackcaps and a flock of 10 juv Bullfinch. At 0645 this morning approx 500 House Martins drifting S/E and at 0830 a further flock of 150 also drifting S/E. Posting 4 photos of garden visitors in the last 14 days.

6 comments:

heavy birder said...

Cracking juv Sparrowhawk pics Mike, have they bred nearby ?

Mike Henshaw said...

Hi Nick. they breed every year about half a mile away from my home

steve_e said...

Outside my house (Sowerby Bridge) on Saturday a juv sparrowhawk took a jackdaw the same size as itself.

They then battled in the road for 20 minutes watched by all the neighbours and 20 yelling jackdaws.

A very fair fight, both eventually escaped unharmed. They were on my doorstep at one point.

Nick Carter said...

Tell the gamekeepers, raptors will take Crows!

David Sutcliffe said...

Great shots Mike

Unknown said...

Superb photos . Very envious . Never seem to get close to sparrowhawks