Birds of Turkey book

Before I spend what seems a small fortune on one online, does anyone have a Birds of Turkey book I could borrow at the end of this month?

Ogden

Pink Footed Goose at Ogden today

The Pink Footed goose found at Ogden this morning by NK was still present this evening happily feeding with Canadas.
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Ogden

Thanks to NK for finding a Pink-footed Goose at Ogden today at least till early afternoon - this is a very late bird. We had 2 in 2009 that were in the Cold Edge area with Canada's from 7th March until 11th May.

Withens Clough

1male Stonechat singing opposite the car park this morning but no sign of a female
Only wader was 1 Common Sandpiper despite extensive shoreline
2 Wheatears and several Linnet and Reed Buntings
2 Grey Partridge
6 Redpoll flyovers towards the conifer plantation
No access to the car park so nearest place to park is near the pub at the bottom

Jumble Hole

No sign of the tree pipit yesterday afternoon, though the breeze was very strong. Green woodpecker almost daily in the garden. Nuthatch appear to be breeding in the woods now.

2 singing and very showy whitethroat along the train tracks at the bottom of Jumble Hole were my first this year round here.

Fly Flatts

Fly Flatts p.m. visit

2 Oystercatchers
15 Ringed Plover
5 Dunlin
2 Common Sandpipers
4 Redshank
1 Golden Plover + 4 young
4 Twite
128+ Swifts >W
No sign of this mornings Sanderling but all birds resting and hard to pick out.
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Swifts

How tricky it is to get images of Swifts in the camera frame? This afternoon at Cold Edge they were all over the place but these photo's are the best I could do with a compact digital!

Cold Edge

Loads of Swifts over the dams and the west facing ridge this afternoon - 100+
2 House Martin nests located in Wainstalls
1 Snipe
2 Oystercatchers
6 Curlew
Lots of pipits and Linnets
Lapwings nearby with chicks

Craggs

A long day down the Craggs filming Great Spots feeding young at nest, blue tits feeding young in a tree hole......(time after time after time......no stopping these parents).......winged male hairy wood ants.....still haven't found a Green Woodpecker nest this year. Heard two calling. No sign or sound of any Redstarts, Wood Warblers or Pied Flycatchers along the stretch from the lower car park, passed the Mill and up to the turning circle in the pines.
Willow Warblers were abundant, but Chaffinches all over, 1 Chiffchaff singing near the car park, 3 Blackcaps, 1 Garden Warbler, another pair of Great Spots, Nuthatches all over the place with 1 pair breeding near the mill, Robins singing all over, Song Thrush emulating Curlew, Mistle Thrush, Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Wren, loads of Jackdaws nesting, plenty of Swifts and Swallows, Mallard, Curlew pecking Carrion Crows tail, Cuckoo calling on the tops, Coal Tits, Treecreepers, Blue and Great Tits using several nest boxes, and a Roe buck chasing a Doe (twice)

Young Goosanders

First good look around for over 2 weeks and found a brood of 11 young Goosanders at least 2 weeks old and a regular walker also said he saw a brood of 6 early this week,and as yet no cofirmation. Also found a Little Grebe with 3 young only 1 or 2 days old on reedbed lagoon.Plenty Warblers singing but still no Kingfishers between Brighouse and Cromwell House.

Mixenden

2 Sand Martins over the res'r this morning plus 12 House Martins, 15 Swallows and c 20 Swifts.

I also checked some areas nearby for nesting House Martins and found a small nesting colony.

If anyone comes across any nesting colonies of Swifts, Swallows or House Martins please let me know or send details to info@calderdalebirds.co.uk

Blake Dean

Spent a few hours at the Dean hoping to see Redstart but not a glimmer of one......Had no joy Wednesday evening either, so it looks like this one got fed up singing its heart out and moved elsewhere.
One problem we have with birds such as these, and I include Wood Warbler and Pied Flycatcher alongside Redstart in the list, is that we never know what happens to them. When any of these species turn up, everybody rushes out to see them within a few days of them being reported. But what happens after that? Do they stick around? Do they move on? Do they find a mate? Do they get predated? Do they build/find a nest? Do they get any young off?
It would be useful to know if we are having any breeding successes with these species.......but please don't post the info on the blog! Pass the information on to Nick Dawtry or Dave Sutcliffe instead.
Other stuff down the Dean - Spotted fly, Nuthatch, Kestrel, Curlew, Lapwing. loadsa Starlings, loadsa Willow Warblers, Great Spottted Pecker, Mallard, Carrion Crow, loadsa Chaffinch, Blackbird, Mistle Thrush, Great Tit, Robin, loadsa Swallows, Swifts, Coal Tit

Fly Flatts

We walked around the site this afternoon and were fortunate to catch a Common Tern coming through low over the res'r then went high as it reached the far end at 13.55 heading north.
14 Ringed Plover still present and c10 Dunlin as well as the usual waders.
4 Twite at the feeding station
c40 Swifts were feeding low over the res'r most of the time we were there

Ogden

2 Tree Pipits singing in different areas this morning - 1 at the top end of woodland and another from NK below the res'r.
1 Cuckoo
8+ Spotted Flycatchers
1 Tawny Owl
c10 Willow Warblers, 1 Chiff-chaff and 2 Blackcap
c40 mixed Swallows and House Martins along Back Lane and a few blogging Swifts moving through.
1 Grey Wagtail

Hardcastle Crags

Spotted Flycatcher in Hardcastle Crags earlier today.

Fly Flatts

This afternoon with NCD
16 Ringed Plover
14 Dunlin
c4 Common Sandpipers
5 Redshank
1 Curlew
2 Wheatear with another 2 below the Withens along Cold Edge Road

H Crags and Blake Dean

1 male Redstart singing (they are so thin on the ground in our area nowadays)
2 Spotted Flycatchers
1 Cuckoo
1 Tawny Owl
1 Dipper

Mixenden Res'r

I checked the site earlier today thinking something might have been blown in after the strong winds and heavy rain yesterday.
No terns but plenty hirundines with 30+ House Martins, 1 Sand Martin, 20+ Swallows and 30+ Swifts.

Yesterdays Sanderling at Fly Flats

Digi scoped images of the Sanderling at Fly yesterday.

Fly Flatts

The Sanderling seems to have gone this morning.
14 Ringed Plover