Sunday, December 27, 2009

Scaup at EGP

1st winter male Scaup still present early this morning, another dodgy digiscoped image attached, hopefully someone else with better equipment and warmer hands might produce something of superior quality.



No sign of the Gadwall or Chestnut Teal but plenty of other birds to wet the appetite inluded:

1 male Pochard
52 Tufted Duck
2 Goldeneye (1 male & 1 juvenile)
7 Goosander at least
3 Little Grebe
6 Great Crested Grebe
4 Cormorant at least
3 Moorhen
25 Coot
1 LBB Gull
1 Kingfisher at least

3 comments:

AndyC said...

Buzzard and sparrowhawk about 12.30

Nick Carter said...

Can't add much to that list Dave but a few more Cormorants(11)and a healthy mixed finch flock including 40 Goldfinch and 20 Redpolls. Good to finally get a Buzzard at Elland and to bump into Andy C. Called at High Royd as part of our Calderdale tour where we got excellent views of a Water Rail. Not a great deal of note anywhere else.

David Sutcliffe said...

The Scaup was still there at 3pm along with 1 adult L B B Gull and 7Cormorants on the ski jump. 4 Siskin over.